For if the word having been spoken by angels was stedfast, and every disobedience and transgression received a just recompense of reward;

how shall we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? which having received the beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those who heard it;

And Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, unto the testimony of those things which shall be spoken;

but Christ was as a son, over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the boldness and rejoicing of hope firm unto the end.

Therefore I was provoked with this generation, and I said, They do always err in their heart: and they have not known my way,

And with whom was he provoked forty years? was it not with those that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

And no one takes this honor to himself, but the one called of God, as indeed Aaron was.

that through two immutable things in which it was impossible that God should lie, we who have fled may have a strong consolation to lay hold of the hope set before us,

You see how great this man was, to whom the patriarch Abraham even gave the tenth part of the chief spoils.

For he was still in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.

Then indeed if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for unto it the people have been tithed, what need is there still that another priest shall rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

who was not made after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

For such a high priest was indeed appropriate unto us, holy, free from sin, undefiled, having been separated from the sinners, and being higher than the heavens;

If then indeed he was on the earth, he would not be a priest, there being those offering gifts according to law,

whosoever serve the pattern and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses about to complete the tabernacle was commanded: for, he says, See that you shall make all things after the pattern which was shown to you in the mount:

For the first tabernacle was made; in which there were candlesticks, and the table, and shew-bread; which is called, Holy.

And after the second veil, was the tabernacle called Holy of holies;

having the golden altar, and the ark of the covenant overladen on all sides with gold, in which was the golden pot having the manna, and the rod of Aaron which budded, and the tables of the covenant;

and above this was the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; concerning which things it is not pertinent to speak specifically.

Neither was the first covenant therefore dedicated without blood.

whole burnt offerings and offerings for sins thou wast not pleased with:

Saying above, that Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou didst not will, neither wast well pleased with; whatsoever are offered according to law;

of how much more terrible punishment, do you think, the one having trodden under foot the Son of God, and counted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, common, and insulted the Spirit of grace; be counted worthy!

By faith we understand that the worlds were created by the word of God, and that which was seen was not made from things which are manifest.

By faith Abel offered up to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he received the witness that he was righteous, God witnessing to his gifts: and through it he having died is still speaking.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found because God translated him. For before he was translated he had the witness of the Spirit, that he pleased God:

By faith Abraham, being called to go out into a place which he was about to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and went out, not knowing whither he goes.

in reference to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

By faith Moses, having been born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child; and did not fear the commandment of the king.

esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he was looking unto the recompense of reward.

of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and caves and dens of the earth.

looking unto Jesus the beginner and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was placed before him, endured the cross, looking with contempt at the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.

lest any one may be a fornicator, or a profane person, as was Esau, who for one morsel sold his birthright.

For you know that, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance even though having sought it diligently with tears.

for they could not endure that which was spoken, If a wild beast should touch the mountain, it shall be pierced through with a dart:

and the sight was so fearful, Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble: