1. Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of majesty in the heavens,
2. A minister of the holies, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath pitched, and not man.
3. For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer.
4. If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest: seeing that there would be others to offer gifts according to the law,