It was bit by bit and in many different ways that God in olden times spoke to our forefathers through the prophets,

So I was indignant with that generation, and I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have never come to know my ways.'

but day by day, as long as "Today" shall last, continue to encourage one another, so that not one of you may be hardened by sin's deceiving ways,

(6:19) where Jesus has blazed the way for us and became a High Priest with the rank of Melchizedek.

With these arrangements completed in this way, the priests in conducting their official services regularly go into the outer part of the tent of worship;

But when Christ came as the High Priest of good things that have already taken place, He went by way of that greater and more perfect tent of worship, not made by human hands, that is, not belonging to this material creation,

In the same way he sprinkled with blood the tent and all the utensils of the priestly service.

the new and living way which He opened for us, through the curtain, that is, His physical nature,

Let us, therefore, be thankful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and in this way continue to serve God acceptably in reverence and fear;

Continue to obey and to be submissive to your leaders, for they are ever watching in defense of your souls, as men who will have to give account of their trust. Treat them in this way, so that they may work with joy and not with grief.