For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day.

Again he says, “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am, with the children God has given me.”

By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.

You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

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

So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”

And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.

But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

Instead someone testified somewhere: “What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?

Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken.

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.

For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.