Hebrews 5:7

5:7 During his earthly life ¹  Christ ²  offered ³  both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

Hebrews 9:4

9:4 It contained the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. In this ark ⁴  were the golden urn containing the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

Hebrews 11:12-13

11:12 So in fact children ⁵  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand ⁶  on the seashore. ⁷  11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, ⁸  but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners ⁹  on the earth.

¹ tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6.

⁴ tn Grk “in which”; in the translation the referent (the ark) has been specified for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

⁸ tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

⁹ sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).

¹⁰ tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

¹¹ tn Or “sojourners.”