who, being the effulgence of his glory and the exact representation of his essence, and upholding all things by his own powerful word, when he had by himself made expiation for our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

And again, when he brings the first-begotten into the world, he says: And let all the angels of God worship him.

For some, when they had heard, did bitterly provoke; yet, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

And so, when he had waited patiently, he received the promises.

for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

It is evident that, when the priest hood is changed, there is of necessity a change also of the law.

who needs not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

and these serve the copy and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: See now, says he, that you make all things according to the pattern shown you in the mount.

For, finding fault with them, he says: Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will ratify a new covenant for the house of Israel, and for the house of Judah:

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.

Now, when these things were thus arranged, the priests went, at all times, into the first tabernacle, discharging the service of God.

For when Moses had spoken to all the people every commandment of the law, lie took the blood of calves and of goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying:

Wherefore, when he comes into the world, he says: Sacrifice and offering thou hast not desired, but a body thou hast prepared me;

By faith Abraham, when called to go out into a place that he should afterward receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and brought forth a child when past the time of life, because she counted him faithful who had promised.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: even his first-born, did he that had received the promises, offer up,

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.

By faith Moses, when he became a man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him.

For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no means to change his father's mind, though he sought it earnestly with tears.