For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Same reasonings as in Hebrews 7:11.
Faultless - perfect in its parts, so as not to be found fault with as wanting anything which ought to be there: answering all purposes of a law. The law in its morality was blameless х amoomos (G299)]; but in saving us defective, and so not faultless х amemptos (G273)].
Should no place have been sought - as it has to be now, and as it is in the prophecy, Hebrews 8:8-11. The old covenant would have anticipated all man's wants, so as to give no occasion for seeking something more perfectly adequate. Compare on "place ... sought," Hebrews 12:17,