Hebrews 2:14

2:14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ¹  their humanity, ²  so that through death he could destroy ³  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

Hebrews 7:5

7:5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office ⁴  have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, ⁵  although they too are descendants of Abraham. ⁶ 

Hebrews 7:27

7:27 He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.

Hebrews 9:15

9:15 And so he is the mediator ⁷  of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, ⁸  since he died ⁹  to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

[2:14]  ¹ tn Or “partook of” (this is a different word than the one in v. 14a).

[2:14]  ² tn Grk “the same.”

[2:14]  ³ tn Or “break the power of,” “reduce to nothing.”

[7:5]  ⁴ tn Or “the priesthood.”

[7:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “from their brothers.” See BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.

[7:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “have come from the loins of Abraham.”

[9:15]  ⁷ tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesith", “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms.

[9:15]  ⁸ tn Grk “the promise of the eternal inheritance.”

[9:15]  ⁹ tn Grk “a death having occurred.”