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# Connecting Statement:
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This section begins to show that the new covenant is better than the old covenant with Israel and Judah.
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# Christ has received
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"God has given Christ"
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# mediator of a better covenant
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A mediator is a person who helps two parties come to an agreement. Christ, as mediator, made it possible for a better covenant between God and humans to exist.
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# covenant, which is based on better promises
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "covenant. It was this covenant that God made based on better promises" or "covenant. God promised better things when he made this covenant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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