God, who, of old, at many times and in many ways, spoke to our ancestors, by the Prophets,

Therefore I was sorely vexed with that generation, And I said-- "Their hearts are always straying; They have never learned my ways";

God's Message is a living and active power, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing its way till it penetrates soul and spirit--not the joints only but the very marrow--and detecting the inmost thoughts and purposes of the mind.

Our High Priest is not one unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has in every way been tempted, exactly as we have been, but without sinning.

In the same way, even the Christ did not take the honour of the High Priesthood upon himself, but he was appointed by him who said to him-- 'Thou art my Son; this day I have become thy Father';

But about you, dear friends, even though we speak in this way, we are confident of better things--of things that point to your Salvation.

By this the Holy Spirit is teaching that the way into the Sanctuary was hidden, as long as the outer part of the Tabernacle still remained.

And in the same way he also sprinkled with the blood the Tabernacle and all the things that were used in public worship.

by the way which he inaugurated for us--a new and living way, a way through the Sanctuary Curtain (that is, his human nature);