Hebrews 1:7

1:7 And he says ¹  of the angels, “He makes ²  his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,” ³ 

Hebrews 7:2

7:2 To him ⁴  also Abraham apportioned a tithe ⁵  of everything. ⁶  His name first means ⁷  king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

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 10:11

10:11 And every priest stands day after day ¹¹  serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again – sacrifices that can never take away sins.

Hebrews 12:9-10

12:9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from ¹²  our earthly fathers ¹³  and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? ¹⁴  12:10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

[1:7]  ¹ sn The Greek correlative conjunctions μέν and δέ (men and de) emphasize the contrastive parallelism of vs. 7 (what God says about the angels) over against vv. 8-9 and vv. 10-12 (what God says about the son).

[1:7]  ² tn Grk “He who makes.”

[1:7]  ³ sn A quotation from Ps 104:4.

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “to whom,” continuing the description of Melchizedek. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[7:2]  ⁵ tn Or “a tenth part.”

[7:2]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Gen 14:20.

[7:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “first being interpreted,” describing Melchizedek.

[9:23]  ⁷ tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.

[9:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.

[9:23]  ⁹ tn Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”

[10:11]  ¹⁰ tn Or “daily,” “every day.”

[12:9]  ¹³ tn Grk “we had our earthly fathers as discipliners.”

[12:9]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the fathers of our flesh.” In Hebrews, “flesh” is a characteristic way of speaking about outward, physical, earthly life (cf. Heb 5:7; 9:10, 13), as opposed to the inward or spiritual dimensions of life.

[12:9]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “and live.”