Hebrews 8:4

8:4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer ¹  the gifts prescribed by the law.

Hebrews 7:10

7:10 For he was still in his ancestor Abraham’s loins ²  when Melchizedek met him.

Hebrews 8:7

8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one. ³ 

Hebrews 6:19

6:19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain, ⁴ 

Hebrews 7:14

7:14 For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

Hebrews 8:2

8:2 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.

Hebrews 10:20

10:20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us ⁵  through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ⁶ 

Hebrews 12:21

12:21 In fact, the scene ⁷  was so terrifying that Moses said, “I shudder with fear.” ⁸ 

Hebrews 2:11

2:11 For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, ⁹  and so ¹⁰  he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, ¹¹ 

Hebrews 9:9

9:9 This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

Hebrews 11:38

11:38 (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.

Hebrews 7:11

Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek

7:11 So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis ¹²  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?

Hebrews 10:16

10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put ¹³  my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,” ¹⁴ 

Hebrews 8:9-10

8:9 “It will not be like the covenant ¹⁵  that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.

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 ¹⁶  my laws in their minds ¹⁷  and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. ¹⁸ 

[8:4]  ¹ tn Grk “there are those who offer.”

[7:10]  ² tn Grk “in the loins of his father” (a reference to Abraham). The name “Abraham” has been repeated in the translation at this point (cf. v. 9) in order to clarify the referent (i.e., what ancestor was in view).

[8:7]  ³ tn Grk “no occasion for a second one would have been sought.”

[6:19]  ⁴ sn The curtain refers to the veil or drape in the temple that separated the holy place from the holy of holies.

[10:20]  ⁵ tn Grk “that he inaugurated for us as a fresh and living way,” referring to the entrance mentioned in v. 19.

[10:20]  ⁶ sn Through his flesh. In a bold shift the writer changes from a spatial phrase (Christ opened the way through the curtain into the inner sanctuary) to an instrumental phrase (he did this through [by means of] his flesh in his sacrifice of himself), associating the two in an allusion to the splitting of the curtain in the temple from top to bottom (Matt 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45). Just as the curtain was split, so Christ’s body was broken for us, to give us access into God’s presence.

[12:21]  ⁶ tn Grk “that which appeared.”

[12:21]  ⁷ tn Grk “I am terrified and trembling.”

[2:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “are all from one.”

[2:11]  ⁸ tn Grk “for which reason.”

[2:11]  ⁹ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited). The context here also indicates both men and women are in view; note especially the collective τὰ παιδία (ta paidia) in v. 14.

[7:11]  ⁸ tn Grk “based on it.”

[10:16]  ⁹ tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”

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

[8:9]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “not like the covenant,” continuing the description of v. 8b.

[8:10]  ¹¹ tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”

[8:10]  ¹² tn Grk “mind.”

[8:10]  ¹³ 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.