Hebrews 8:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If the first agreement with God had been all right, there would not have been any need for another one.

Cross References

Galatians 3:21

Does the Law disagree with God's promises? No, it doesn't! If any law could give life to us, we could become acceptable to God by obeying that law.

Hebrews 7:11

Even though the Law of Moses says that the priests must be descendants of Levi, those priests cannot make anyone perfect. So there needs to be a priest like Melchizedek, rather than one from the priestly family of Aaron.

Hebrews 7:18

In this way a weak and useless command was put aside,

Hebrews 8:6

Now Christ has been appointed to serve as a priest in a much better way, and he has given us much assurance of a better agreement.