He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest Majesty

After all, every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

For the Law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promised oath, which came after the Law, results in a Son who is eternally perfect.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

For after every commandment in the Law had been spoken to all the people by Moses, he took the blood of calves and goats, together with some water, scarlet wool, and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

Indeed, just as people are destined to die once and after that to be judged,

For the Law, being only a reflection of the blessings to come and not their substance, can never make perfect those who come near by the same sacrifices repeatedly offered year after year.

Instead, through those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year,

Day after day every priest stands and repeatedly offers the same sacrifices that can never take away sins.

"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts and will write them on their minds,

For if we choose to go on sinning after we have learned the full truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

But you must continue to remember those earlier days, how after you were enlightened you endured a hard and painful struggle.

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will you can receive what he has promised.

By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after he was born, because they saw that he was a beautiful child and were not afraid of the king's order.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.