<t /><p class="bodytext">Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,<n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>Ohb>, <b>that today you would listen as he speaks!b>i><n id="2" />p>

as also in another place God<n id="1" /> says, &#8220;<b><i>You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedeki>b>.&#8221;<n id="2" />

saying, &#8220;<b><i>Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantlyi>b>.&#8221;<n id="1" />

And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies.

and said, &#8220;<b><i>This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keepi>b>.&#8221;<n id="1" />

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

By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter,

But<n id="1" /> showing its fault,<n id="2" /> God<n id="3" /> says to them,<n id="4" />p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>Lookb>, <b>the days are comingb>, <b>says the Lordb>, <b>when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judahb>.i>p>

But when he again brings<n id="1" /> his firstborn into the world, he says, &#8220;<b><i>Let all the angels of God worship him!i>b>&#8221;<n id="2" />

saying, &#8220;<b><i>I will proclaim your name to my brothers;i>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>in the midst of the assembly I will praise youi>b>.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">On this topic we have much to say<n id="1" /> and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish<n id="2" /> in hearing.

Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to<n id="1" /> a different tribe, and no one from that tribe<n id="2" /> has ever officiated at the altar.

<p class="bodytext">When he speaks of a new covenant,<n id="1" /> he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.<n id="2" />p>

And above the ark<n id="1" /> were the cherubim<n id="2" /> of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

So when he came into the world, he said,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>Sacrifice and offering you did not desireb>, <b>but a body you prepared for meb>.i>p>

So we can say with confidence, &#8220;<i><b>The Lord is my helperb>, <b>andb>i><n id="1" /> <i><b>I will not be afraidb>. <b>What can man do to me?b>i>&#8221;<n id="2" />

And he says<n id="1" /> of the angels, &#8220;<b><i>He makesi>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of firei>b>,&#8221;<n id="3" />

Instead someone testified somewhere:p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>What is man that you think of himi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>or the son of man that you care for him?i>b>p>

As it says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;<i><b>Ohb>, <b>that today you would listen as he speaks!b>i><n id="2" /> <b><i>Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellioni>b>.&#8221;<n id="3" />

but Jesus<n id="1" /> did so<n id="2" /> with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, &#8220;<i><b>The Lord has sworn and will not change his mindb>,i> &#8216;<b><i>You are a priest foreveri>b>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" /> &#8211;