For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.

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

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

And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

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

And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation – for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

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

“It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.

“For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.

For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive.

And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.

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

So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.

For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay.

For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days.

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us.

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does.