Hebrews 7:1

The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood

7:1 Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him. ¹ 

Hebrews 10:16

10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put ²  my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,” ³ 

Hebrews 11:13

11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, ⁴  but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners ⁵  on the earth.

[7:1]  ¹ sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17-19.

[10:16]  ² tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”

[10:16]  ³ sn A quotation from Jer 31:33.

[11:13]  ³ tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

[11:13]  ⁴ tn Or “sojourners.”