Hebrews 1:6

1:6 But when he again brings ¹  his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!” ² 

Hebrews 2:12

2:12 saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers; ³  in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.” ⁴ 

Hebrews 5:11

The Need to Move on to Maturity

5:11 On this topic we have much to say ⁵  and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish ⁶  in hearing.

Hebrews 7:13

7:13 Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to ⁷  a different tribe, and no one from that tribe ⁸  has ever officiated at the altar.

Hebrews 8:13

8:13 When he speaks of a new covenant, ⁹  he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear. ¹⁰ 

Hebrews 9:5

9:5 And above the ark ¹¹  were the cherubim ¹²  of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

Hebrews 10:5

10:5 So when he came into the world, he said,

“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

Hebrews 13:6

13:6 So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and ¹³  I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Or “And again when he brings.” The translation adopted in the text looks forward to Christ’s second coming to earth. Some take “again” to introduce the quotation (as in 1:5) and understand this as Christ’s first coming, but this view does not fit well with Heb 2:7. Others understand it as his exaltation/ascension to heaven, but this takes the phrase “into the world” in an unlikely way.

² sn A quotation combining themes from Deut 32:43 and Ps 97:7.

³ tn Here, because of its occurrence in an OT quotation, τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς (tois adelfois) has been translated simply as “brothers” rather than “brothers and sisters” (see the note on the latter phrase in the previous verse).

⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 22:22.

⁵ tn Grk “concerning which the message for us is great.”

⁶ tn Or “dull.”

⁷ tn Grk “shares in.”

⁸ tn Grk “from which no one.”

⁹ tn Grk “when he says, ‘new,’” (referring to the covenant).

¹⁰ tn Grk “near to disappearing.”

¹¹ tn Grk “above it”; in the translation the referent (the ark) has been specified for clarity.

¹² sn The cherubim (pl.) were an order of angels mentioned repeatedly in the OT but only here in the NT. They were associated with God’s presence, glory, and holiness. Their images that sat on top of the ark of the covenant are described in Exod 25:18-20.

¹³ tc Some important mss (א* C* P 0285^vid 33 1175 1739 pc lat) lack καί (kai), but because the omission conforms to the wording of Ps 118:6 (117:6 LXX), it is suspect.

¹⁴ sn A quotation from Ps 118:6.