On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.”

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

So God again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts.”

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

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

For here is the testimony about him: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven.

But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.

but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’” –

And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.

You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor.

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

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

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

And he says of the angels, “He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.