Hebrews 4:4
4:4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “
And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”
1
Hebrews 4:11
4:11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
Hebrews 6:17-18
6:17 In the same way
2 God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable,
3 and so he intervened with an oath,
6:18 so that we who have found refuge in him
4 may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
Hebrews 9:2
9:2 For a tent was prepared, the outer one,
5 which contained
6 the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this
7 is called the holy place.
Hebrews 9:23
9:23 So it was necessary for the sketches
8 of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices,
9 but the heavenly things themselves required
10 better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 10:7
10:7 “Then I said, ‘Here I am: 11 I have come – it is written of me in the scroll of the book – to do your will, O God.’” 12
Hebrews 10:22
10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings,
13 because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience
14 and our bodies washed in pure water.
Hebrews 10:38
10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I 15 take no pleasure in him.
16
Hebrews 11:9
11:9 By faith he lived as a foreigner
17 in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs
18 of the same promise.
Hebrews 11:34
11:34 quenched raging fire,
19 escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness,
20 became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,
Hebrews 13:9
13:9 Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings.
21 For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals,
22 which have never benefited those who participated in them.
Hebrews 13:20
Benediction and Conclusion
13:20 Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 sn A quotation from Gen 2:2.
2 tn Grk “in which.”
3 tn Or “immutable” (here and in v. 18); Grk “the unchangeableness of his purpose.”
3 tn Grk “have taken refuge”; the basis of that refuge is implied in the preceding verse.
4 tn Grk “the first,” in order of approach in the ritual.
5 tn Grk “in which [were].”
6 tn Grk “which,” describing the outer tent.
5 tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.
6 tn Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.
7 tn Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”
6 tn Grk “behold,” but this construction often means “here is/there is” (cf. BDAG 468 s.v. ἰδού 2).
7 sn A quotation from Ps 40:6-8 (LXX). The phrase a body you prepared for me (in v. 5) is apparently an interpretive expansion of the HT reading “ears you have dug out for me.”
7 tn Grk “in assurance of faith.”
8 sn The phrase our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience combines the OT imagery of the sprinkling with blood to give ritual purity with the emphasis on the interior cleansing provided by the new covenant: It is the heart that is cleansed and the conscience made perfect (cf. Heb 8:10; 9:9, 14; 10:2, 16).
8 tn Grk “my soul.”
9 sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.
9 tn Or “settled as a resident alien.”
10 tn Or “heirs with him.”
10 tn Grk “quenched the power of fire.”
11 tn Or “recovered from sickness.”
11 tn Grk “by diverse and strange teachings.”
12 tn Grk “foods,” referring to the meals associated with the OT sacrifices (see the contrast with the next verse; also 9:9-10; 10:1, 4, 11).