Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death ¹  without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ² 

And see to it that no one becomes ¹  an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. ² 

Instead someone testified somewhere: “What is man that you think of him ¹  or the son of man that you care for him?

For if the message spoken through angels ¹  proved to be so firm that every violation ²  or disobedience received its just penalty,

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? “My son, do not scorn ¹  the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects ²  you.

“And there will be no need at all ¹  for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest. ² 

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

“Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in.

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.

For to which of the angels did God ¹  ever say, “You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? ²  And in another place ³  he says, ⁴  “I will be his father and he will be my son.” ⁵ 

When he says above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them” ¹  (which are offered according to the law),

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” ¹ 

Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. ¹ 

Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever.

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

So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. ¹