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Heb 8:1-13. Christ, the High Priest in the true sanctuary, superseding the Levitical priesthood; The new renders obsolete the Old Covenant.
the sum - rather, “the principal point”; for the participle is present, not past, which would be required if the meaning were “the sum.” “The chief point in (or, ‘in the case’; so the Greek, Heb 9:10, Heb 9:15, Heb 9:17) the things which we are speaking,” literally, “which are being spoken.”
such - so transcendently pre-eminent, namely in this respect, that “He is set on the right hand of,” etc. Infinitely above all other priests in this one grand respect, He exercises His priesthood IN HEAVEN, not in the earthly “holiest place” (Heb 10:12). The Levitical high priests, even when they entered the Holiest Place once a year, only STOOD for a brief space before the symbol of God’s throne; but Jesus SITS on the throne of the Divine Majesty in the heaven itself, and this for ever (Heb 10:11, Heb 10:12).