how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation; which, indeed, having at first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;

For not to angels did He subject the future inhabited earth, of which we are speaking;

For both He Who sanctifieth and those who are sanctified are all of One; for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

For, indeed, we have had the Gospel proclaimed to us, even as also they; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not having been mingled with faith on the part of those who heard.

though He was a Son, learned obedience from the things which He suffered;

For the land which drank in the rain that often comes upon it, and brings forth an herb fit for those for whose sake also it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward His name, in having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.

that, through two immutable facts, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we may have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us;

which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and firm, and entering into the place within the veil;

For He of Whom these things are spoken hath taken part in a different tribe from which no one gave attendance at the altar.

For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah, respecting which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priests.

(for the law perfected nothing), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

for the law constitutes men high priests who have infirmity, but the word of the oath, which was after the law, constitutes the Son perfected forever.

a Minister of the holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; wherefore, it is necessary that This One also have something which He may offer.

who, indeed, serve in the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses has been divinely warned, when about to make the tabernacle; for "See," saith He, "that you make all things according to the pattern which was showed you in the mount";

but now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much also as He is Mediator of a better covenant, which, indeed, has been enacted on better promises.

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

Because this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: Putting My laws into their mind, I will also write them upon their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to Me a people;

For a tabernacle was prepared; the first, in which were both the lamp-stand and the table, and the show-bread, which, indeed, is called "Holy;"

and, after the second veil, a tabernacle which is called the "Holy of Holies:"

having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on every side with gold, in which was a golden pot containing the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

and over it Cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which things we cannot now speak in detail.

but into the second, the high priest alone, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the ignorances of the people;

which, indeed, is a figure for the time present, according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices, which cannot, as to the conscience, make the worshiper perfect;

saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded in respect to you."

For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very likeness of the things, can never, with the same sacrifices, which they offer year by year continually, perfect those who come to them;

Saving above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt-offerings and offerings for sin," Thou didst not wish; neither hadst pleasure therein, which, indeed, are offered according to the law;

in which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

And every priest, indeed, stands daily ministering, and ofttimes offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins;

which He dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is, His flesh;

of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be accounted worthy, who trampled under foot the Son of God, and accounted the blood of the covenant with which He was sanctified an unholy thing, and treated with contempt the Spirit of grace?

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;

Cast not away, therefore, your boldness, which, indeed, has great recompense.

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he, being dead, is still speaking.

By faith Noah, being divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go forth into the place which he was about to receive for an inheritance; and he went forth, not knowing whither he was going.

for he was waiting for the city which has the foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Wherefore also there sprang from one, and one impotent as to these things, as many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea-shore, innumerable.

And, if, indeed, they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, which the Egyptians, making an attempt to do, were swallowed up.

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which, indeed, reasons with you as with sons: "My son, do not lightly regard the chastening of the Lord; neither faint, when reproved by Him;

But, if ye are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Pursue peace with all, and the holiness without which no one shall see the Lord;

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

for they could not bear that which was being commanded: "And, if a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned";

Be not carried away by manifold and strange teachings; for it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods, in which those who occupied themselves were not profited.

We have an altar, from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

make you perfect in every good thing to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to Whom be the glory forever. Amen.