“As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ¹ 

but to repeat the text cited earlier: ¹  “They will never enter my rest!”

For if Joshua had given them rest, God ¹  would not have spoken afterward about another day.

saying, “Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.” ¹ 

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

For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one. ¹ 

In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

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

And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer ¹  the gifts prescribed by the law.

But if you do not experience discipline, ¹  something all sons ²  have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment ¹  they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out.” ² 

So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, ¹  who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” ² 

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity, ¹ 

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 

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ¹  And yet God’s works ²  were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis ¹  the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?

Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?