and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.

Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later;

And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?

So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,
“As I swore in My wrath,
They shall not enter My rest,”
although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.

The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing,

Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law;

For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place.

and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated.

By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.

All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned.

By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

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

They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.