On this topic we have much to say ¹  and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish ²  in hearing.

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets.

So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, and ¹  I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” ² 

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 

And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.

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

But now Christ has come ¹  as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us ¹  through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, ² 

then he says, ¹  “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.” ² 

Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

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

And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. ¹  Let them do this ²  with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

But to which of the angels ¹  has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? ² 

who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent ¹  but by the power of an indestructible life.

And above the ark ¹  were the cherubim ²  of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

then he says, “Here I am: I have come to do your will.” ¹  He does away with ²  the first to establish the second.

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

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),

To him ¹  also Abraham apportioned a tithe ²  of everything. ³  His name first means ⁴  king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.