To sum up.[141] The Law appoints men high-priests; the word, which God has spoken unto us in His Son, appoints the Son Himself High-priest. The Law appoints men high-priests in their weakness; the word appoints the Son in His final and complete attainment of all perfection. But the Law will yield to the word. For the word, which had gone before the Law in the promise made to Abraham, was not superseded by the Law, but came also after it in the stronger form of an oath, of which the old covenant knew nothing. FOOTNOTES: [117] Ps. cx. 4. [118] Matt. xxii. 45. [119] Zech. vi. 11, 13. [120] _SS. Legg. Alleg._, iii. (vol. i., p. 103. Mang.). [121] Chap. vii. 6–10. [122] ἐπ’ αὐτῆς (vii. 11). [123] Cf. chap. vi. 1. [124] Ἀνατέταλκεν. Cf. Zech. vi. 12. Ἀνατολή, _dawn_. The citation, as usual, is from the Septuagint. [125] Chap. vii. 14. [126] Chap. vii. 16. [127] ἀθέτησις, _a setting aside_ (chap. vii. 18). [128] οὐδεν ἐτελείωσεν (vii. 19). [129] ἐπεισαγωγή. [130] Chap. vii. 20–22. [131] ἔγγυος. [132] ἐμεσίτευσεν (vi. 17) [133] Chap. vii. 23–25. [134] Chap. vii. 25. [135] δύναται, the emphatic word in the passage. [136] Chap. vii. 26. [137] ὅσιος. [138] ἄκακος. [139] ἀμίαντος. [140] Chap. vii. 27. [141] Chap. vii. 28. CHAPTER VIII. _THE NEW COVENANT._ “Now in the things which we are saying the chief point _is this_: We have such a High-priest, Who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. For every high-priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this _High-priest_ also have somewhat to offer. Now if He were on earth, He would not be a Priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; who serve _that which is_ a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned _of God_ when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount. But now hath He obtained a ministry the more excellent, by how much also He is the Mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.”—HEB. viii. 1–6 (R.V.).