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Hebrews 8:10

Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel,.... That is, this is the sum and substance of the covenant, which God promised to make with, or to make manifest and known to his…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For this is the covenant - This is the arrangement, or the dispensation which shall succeed the old one. “With the house of Israel.” With the true Israel; that is, with all those whom he will regard…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

This is the covenant - This is the nature of that glorious system of religion which I shall publish among them after those days, i.e., in the times of the Gospel.

I will put my laws into their mind -…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hebrews 8:6-13

In this part of the chapter, the apostle illustrates and confirms the superior excellency of the priesthood of Christ above that of Aaron, from the excellency of that covenant, or that dispensation of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

and write them in their hearts The gift of an innerlaw, not written on granite slabs, but on the fleshen tablets of the heart, is the first promise of the New Covenant. It involves the difference…