Now the first covenant, ¹  in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.

Therefore, brothers and sisters, ¹  since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

So do not throw away your confidence, because it ¹  has great reward.

Therefore we must be wary ¹  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

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.

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help. ¹ 

So it was necessary for the sketches ¹  of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, ²  but the heavenly things themselves required ³  better sacrifices than these.

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ¹  their humanity, ²  so that through death he could destroy ³  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

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?