“Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

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

After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

as also in another place God says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

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

“Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in.

and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.

quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,

in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.

But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year.

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

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

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

“As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’”

And the others who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them from continuing in office,

For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.

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

Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.