For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have ¹  no further consciousness of sin?

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

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

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

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us. ¹ 

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

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, ¹  “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ² 

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.

Now Moses was faithful in all God’s ¹  house ²  as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, ¹  so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

As it says, ¹  “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ²  Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” ³ 

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

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.

By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.

So God ¹  again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David ²  after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, ³  “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! ⁴  Do not harden your hearts.”

but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, ¹  now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, ²  so that by God’s grace he would experience ³  death on behalf of everyone.

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?

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.

Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

where he is now waiting ¹  until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet. ²