and so we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

For when God made the promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He sware by Himself, saying,

For if He were on earth, He could not be a priest, seeing there are priests already that offer gifts according to the law:

(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;