then he says, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.”

By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

But to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

where he is now waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

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.

For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.

And, “You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

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

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.

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

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

“For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.”

At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.