and again - I, will be confident upon him; and again - Lo! I, and the children which, unto me, God, hath given.

And, they, indeed, from among the sons of Levi who the priesthood receive, have commandment to take tithes of the people, according to the law, that is, of their brethren, although sprung from the loins of Abraham;

For, seeing there is to be a change of the priesthood, of necessity, of law too, a change cometh.

Who, not according to a law of commandment dealing with the flesh, hath arisen, but according to the power of an indissoluble life;

For, the law, perfected, nothing; but there is the superinducing of a better hope, - through which we draw near unto God.

For, the law, constituteth, men, high-priests, having, weakness; but, the word of the oath-taking, which cometh after the law, A Son, age-abidingly, made perfect.

If, indeed, therefore, he had been on earth, he had not, in that case, even been a priest, since there are those who are offering the gifts, according to the law: -

For, finding fault with them, he saith - Lo! days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will conclude, for the house of Israel and the house of Judah, a covenant of a new sort:

For, when every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses unto all the people, taking the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, both, the scroll itself, and all the people, he sprinkled;

And, nearly, all things, with blood, are purified, according to the law, and, apart from blood-shedding, cometh no remission.

For the law, having in a shadow of the destined good things, not the very image of the things, they can never, with the same sacrifices which year by year they offer evermore, make them who approach, perfect;

Then, said I - Lo! I am come, - in the heading of the scroll, it is written concerning me, - to do, O God, thy will.

Higher up, saying - Sacrifices, and offerings, and whole-burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sins, thou willedst not, neither delightedst in, - the which, according to the law, are offered,

Then, hath he said - Lo! I am come! to do, thy will: - he taketh away the first, that, the second, he may establish:

Any one having set aside a law of Moses, apart from compassions, upon the testimony of two or three witnesses, dieth:

And, so fearful was that which was showing itself, Moses, said - I am terrified, and do tremble l