But if it yields thorns and thistles, it is thought worthless and almost cursed, and it will finally be burned.

And I might almost say, Levi too, who now collects the tenth, through Abraham paid the tenth,

Now when he speaks of a new agreement, he is treating the first one as obsolete; but whatever is obsolete and antiquated is almost ready to disappear.

And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.