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

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

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

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

And above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have no further consciousness of sin?

So when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

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

Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

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.”

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

“Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’

For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.

And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

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,”