But encourage one another {day by day}, as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened} by the deception of sin.

For if Joshua had caused them to rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these [things].

just as also in another [place] he says, "You [are] a priest {forever} according to the order of Melchizedek,"

Thus if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for on the basis of it the people received the law, what further need [is there] for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek and not said to be according to the order of Aaron?

For the one about whom these [things] are spoken belongs to another tribe from which no one has officiated at the altar.

And it is still more clear, if another priest according to the likeness of Melchizedek arises,

And let us think about {how to stir one another up to love} and good works,

and to the noise of a trumpet, and to the sound of words which those who heard begged [that] not [another] word be spoken to them.