but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called "today;" lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.