So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day.

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

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.

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

Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.

So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent as they perform their duties.

But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God,

“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.”

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

We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced.

And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” And yet God’s works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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”?

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.

But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,