Hebrews 8:7

8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one.

Hebrews 9:1

The Arrangement and Ritual of the Earthly Sanctuary

9:1 Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.


tn Grk “no occasion for a second one would have been sought.”

tn Grk “the first” (referring to the covenant described in Heb 8:7, 13). In the translation the referent (covenant) has been specified for clarity.