Being as much superior to the angels, as He inheriteth a name more excellent than they.

And as to the angels He saith, "Who maketh his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire:"

they shall perish, but thou remainest; and they shall all grow old as a garment,

and as a mantle wilt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail."

for as He himself hath suffered, in being tempted, He is able to succour those that are tempted.

who was faithful to Him that appointed Him, as Moses also was in all his house.

For He was accounted worthy of more honor than Moses, as he who hath built it, hath more honor than the house.

Now Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of the things which were to be spoken:

but Christ as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we maintain the free profession and exultation of hope firm unto the end.

Therefore, as the holy Ghost saith, "To-day if ye will hear his voice,

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness, when your fathers tempted me,

for we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold fast our first confidence firm unto the end; inasmuch as it is said,

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." For some that heard did provoke; but not all that came out of Egypt with Moses.

for we are graciously offered it, as they also were. But the word, which they heard, did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

For we who believe shall enter into rest, as He said above, "So I sware in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest:" though the works of creation were finished from the foundation of the world:

He appoints a certain day, called To-day, saying by David so long after, (as it is recorded) "To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts."

for he that is entered into his rest, hath also himself ceased from his works, as God did from his.

and for this reason he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifice for sins.

And no one taketh this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was.

As He saith also in another place, "Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."

For whereas ye ought for the time to be teachers of others, ye have need again of some one to teach you the first rudiments of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk and not of solid food.

For as the earth, which imbibeth the rain that is frequently coming upon it, and produceth herbs fit for those by whom it is cultivated, receiveth a blessing from God:

which we have as an anchor of the soul safe and stedfast, and which entereth within the veil.

And (as one may say) even Levi, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham:

For it is evident that our Lord sprang from Judah, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing about the priesthood.

Moreover inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath,

who hath no need, as the Levitical high-priests had, daily to offer sacrifices first for his own sins, and then for those of the people: for this He did once for all, in offering up Himself.

who worship under the representation and shadow of heavenly things; as Moses was ordered by God, when he was about to finish the tabernacle. For see, saith He, that thou make all according to the model shewn thee in the mount.

But now He hath obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which is established upon better promises.

as we see there was, for after complaining of them, He adds, "Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Which figure remains to the present time, wherein gifts and sacrifices are offered, that cannot perfect the worshipper as to his conscience,

relating only to meats and drinks, and different washings, and such carnal ordinances as were required till the time of reformation.

nor to offer Himself often, as the high-priest entereth into the holy of holies every year with the blood of others;

And as it is appointed to men once to die, and after this the judgement;

then said I, Lo I come, as in the volume of the book it is written of me, to do thy will, O God."

not forsaking our assemblies, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.

partly, being made a public spectacle by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, as ye became associates of those who were so treated:

By faith he sojourned in the land promised him, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob the heirs with him of the same promise.

So that there descended even from one, and him in a manner dead, a posterity like the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sand on the sea shore, innumerable.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he continued firm as seeing Him who is invisible.

By faith they passed through the Red-sea, as by dry land, which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned.

Have ye forgotten the exhortation, which speaketh to you as to sons, saying, "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor saint when rebuked by Him?

If ye endure chastening, God treateth you as sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not chastise?

For they indeed corrected us for a while, as seemed good to them; but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

least there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one repast gave away his birthright.

(for they could not bear the strict command, if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or shot through with a dart;

Now this expression "yet once more" signifieth the removing of the things that are shaken, as of things which had been appointed only for a season, that those which cannot be shaken may remain.

Remember those that are in bonds, as if bound with them: and those that suffer evil as being yourselves also in the body.

As the bodies of those animals, whose blood being offered for sin is brought into the holy place by the high-priest, are not eaten, but are burnt without the camp.

Be ruled by those that are your guides, and submit to them: for they watch for your souls; (as those that must give an account) that they may do it with joy and not with uneasiness: for this were unprofitable for you.

I beseech you, brethren, bear with this word of exhortation: as I have written to you in brief.