Hebrews 8:7

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

If that first Covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second.

Cross References

Galatians 3:21

Does that set the Law in opposition to God's promises? Heaven forbid! For, if a Law had been given capable of bestowing Life, then righteousness would have actually owed its existence to Law.

Hebrews 7:11

If, then, Perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood--and it was under this priesthood that the people received the Law--why was it still necessary that a priest of a different order should appear, a priest of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 7:18

On the one hand, we have the abolition of a previous regulation as being both inefficient and useless

Hebrews 8:6

But Jesus, as we see, has obtained a ministry as far excelling theirs, as the Covenant of which he is the intermediary, based, as it is, on better promises, excels the former Covenant.