that by means of two immutable things??is promise and his oath??n which it is impossible for God to break faith, we refugees may have strong encouragement to grasp the hope set before us.

This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells],

For the first or outer part of the tent, which is called the holy place, was equipped with the lamp and table and the presentation bread.

lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of bread parted with his birthrights.