God again set a certain day, "Today," saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food;

This is symbolic for the present time. According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,

since they relate only to food and drink and various washings regulations for the flesh imposed until the time of reformation.

so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for him.

And every priest stands daily at his service, offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

But when he had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

waiting from that time until his enemies be made a stool for his feet.

For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.