While he says of angels, 'Who makes his angels into winds, his servants into flames of fire,'

while God corroborated their testimony with signs and wonders and a variety of miraculous powers, distributing the holy Spirit as it pleased him.

For a little while thou hast put him lower than the angels, crowning him with glory and honour,

what we do see is Jesus who was put lower than the angels for a little while to suffer death, and who has been crowned with glory and honour that by God's grace he might taste death for everyone.

he is faithful to Him who appointed him. For while Moses also was faithful in every department of God's house,

Besides, while Moses was faithful in every department of God's house as an attendant ??by way of witness to the coming revelation ??6 Christ is faithful as a Son over God's house. Now we are this house of God, if we will only keep confident and proud of our hope.

Again, it is mortal men in the one case who receive tithes, while in the other it is one of whom the witness is that 'he lives.'

Also, while they became priests in large numbers, since death prevents them from continuing to serve,

Now, while the copies of the heavenly things had to be cleansed with sacrifices like these, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices.

Again, while every priest stands daily at his service, offering the same sacrifices repeatedly, sacrifices which never can take sins away ??12 He offered a single sacrifice for sins and then seated himself for all time at the right hand of God,

For while their discipline was only for a time, and inflicted at their pleasure, he disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his own holiness.