For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? which at first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard him;

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, that he might, by the grace of God, taste death for every man- we see him, on account of his having suffered death, crowned with glory and honor.

who is faithful to him that appointed him, as Moses also was faithful in all his house.

And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, to bear testimony to those things which were to be spoken afterward;

Where fore, I was angry with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

But with whom was he angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

For we have had the good news preached to us, even as they had: but the word preached did not profit them, for it was not mixed with faith in those who heard it.

Since, then, it remains that some must enter into it, and they, to whom the good news was first preached, did not enter in on account of unbelief,

For we have not a high priest that can not sympathize with our infirmities; but he was tempted in all things like ourselves, yet without sin.

And no one takes this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron also was called.

In the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, to him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard with respect to that which he feared,

although he was a Son, he yet learned obedience from the things which he suffered;

that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled to lay hold on the hope set before us;

Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.

for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

If, then, there had been a perfect expiation by means of the Levitical priesthood, (for with reference to it, the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should be raised up after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

For, indeed, there is a setting aside of the preceding commandment, because it was weak and unprofitable,

And inasmuch as he was made a priest, not without an oath,

For the law makes men high priests, who have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, makes the Son, who is perfected forever.

and these serve the copy and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: See now, says he, that you make all things according to the pattern shown you in the mount.

for a tabernacle was constructed, the first, in which were the candlestick, and the table, and the presence bread; and this tabernacle is called holy.

the Holy Spirit signifying this, that the way into the most holy was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was still standing,

Wherefore, the first covenant was not instituted without blood.

It was necessary, therefore, that the copies of the things in the heavens should be consecrated by these sacrifices; but that the heavenly things themselves should be consecrated by better sacrifices than these.

so the Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to those who look for him he will appear the second time, without a sin-offering, in order to salvation.

of how much severer punishment do you think he shall be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, a common thing, and has done despite to the Spirit of grace?

By faith Abel offered to God more sacrifice than Cain; on account of which he received testimony that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he, though dead, yet speaks.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had the testimony that he pleased God.

Therefore, there were born of one, who was dead as it respects these things, a posterity like the stars of heaven in multitude, and like the sand on the sea-shore, innumerable.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: even his first-born, did he that had received the promises, offer up,

of which first-born it was said: In Isaac shall your posterity be called:

for he concluded that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; wherefore he received him even in like manner.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the sons of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones.

By faith Moses was concealed by his parents for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child: and they feared not the command of the king.

(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and in caverns, and in dens of the earth.

looking to Jesus the author and finisher of the faith, who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no means to change his father's mind, though he sought it earnestly with tears.

for they could not endure that which was commanded, And if even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned:

and so terrible was the sight, that even Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble.