7:11 So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis 1 the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?
8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put 2 my laws in their minds 3 and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. 4
10:1 For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship. 5
1 tn Grk “based on it.”
2 tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”
3 tn Grk “mind.”
4 tn Grk “I will be to them for a God and they will be to me for a people,” following the Hebrew constructions of Jer 31.
3 tn Grk “those who approach.”