having become so much superior to the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

They will perish, but thou remainest; and they will all become old as doth a garment,

and thou wilt fold them up as a vesture, and they will be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years will not fail."

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren;

Wherefore I was offended with that generation, and said, They always err in their heart, but they knew not my ways;

so I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest."

who then, when they had heard, provoked? Was it not all who came out of Egypt by means of Moses?

And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, except to those who were disobedient?

So then we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

For we who believed enter into the rest, as he hath said: "So I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

and in this place again: "They shall not enter into my rest."

Since then it still remaineth for some to enter into it, and they to whom the glad tidings of it were first brought did not enter in because of disobedience,

and have fallen away, should again be renewed to repentance, since they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to open shame.

And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the office of the priesthood have a command to take tithes of the people by the Law, that is, of their brethren, though they have come out of the loins of Abraham;

for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him who said to him, "The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever,"

And they indeed have been many priests, because they have been prevented from continuing by reason of death;

not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind, and on their hearts will I write them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

And they shall not teach every one his fellowcitizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that, death having taken place for redemption from the transgressions under the first covenant, they who have been called may receive the everlasting inheritance which was promised.

For the Law but shadowing forth the good things to come, and not having the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come with them perfect.

For in that case would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins?

These all died in faith, not having received the promised blessings, but having seen them from afar, and greeted them, and having professed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

For they who say such things show plainly that they are seeking a country.

And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return;

but now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he prepared for them a city.

By faith Moses, when born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was fair and they feared not the kings commandment.

By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land; which the Egyptians attempted and were swallowed up.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encompassed for seven days.

Women received back their dead by a resurrection; but others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection;

they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented,

of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts and mountains, and caves and the clefts of the earth.

God having provided for us some better thing, that they might not be made perfect without us.

For they indeed for a few days chastened us, according as it seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which voice they who heard, entreated that no more should be spoken to them;

for they could not bear that which was commanded, "If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;" and,

See that ye refuse not him who speaketh. For if they did not escape, who refused him who spoke his will on earth, much more shall not we, if we turn away from him who speaketh from heaven;

We have an altar, of which they cannot eat who serve the tabernacle.

Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.