8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one. 1
9:1 Now the first covenant, 2 in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.
1 tn Grk “no occasion for a second one would have been sought.”
2 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.