liveth to make intercession for them. For such a high priest be- 26 came us, holy, guileless, unde he of whom these things are 2 Gr. hath tiled, separated from sinners, partaken of. See 3 Gr. indissoluble. and made higher than the heavens; who needeth not 27 ch. ii. 14. daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people: for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself. For the 28 law appointeth men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, appointeth a Son, perfected for evermore. said 2 belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah; as to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning 15 priests. And what we say is yet more abundantly evident, if 4 Or. after the likeness of Melchi- through zedek there ariseth another 16 priest, who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal 5 Or, unto commandment, but after the 17 power of an 3 endless life for it is witnessed of him, Thou art a priest for ever 6 Or, testament 7 Or, hath a priesthood that doth not pass to another 18 For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and 19 unprofitableness (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we 8 Or, in20 draw nigh unto God. And in asmuch as it is not without 21 the taking of an oath (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath 4 by him that saith 5 of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever); 22 by so inuch also hath Jesus become the surety of a better 236 covenant. And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from 24 continuing: but he, because he abideth for ever, 7hath his priesthood 8 unchangeable. 25 Wherefore also he is able to violable 9 Gr. completely. 10 Or, Now to sum up what we are saying: We have &c. 11 Gr. upon. 12 Or, holy things save 9 to the uttermost them 13 Or, that draw near unto God complete through him, seeing he ever 10 Now 11 in the things which 8 we are saying the chief point is this: We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister of 12 the sanctuary, 2 and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not mån. For every high priest is 3 appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer. Now if he were on earth, he 4 would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve that which is 5 a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to 13 make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was shewed thee in the mount. But now hath he obtained a 6 ministry the more excellent, mediator of a better coveby how much also he is the nant, which hath been enacted upon better promises. For 7 if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a 8 second. For finding fault with them, he saith, 9 11 12 Behold, the days come, 1 Gr. ac That I will make a new In the day that I took And I regarded them not, For this is the 2 covenant I will put my laws into a people : complish. 2 Or, 3 Gr. I will 4 Or, are 5 Gr. the 6 Or, altar And they shall not teach 7 Or, is And every man his brother, For all shall know me, For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away. 9 Now even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanc2 tuary of this world. For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein were the can 8 Gr. the dlestick, and the table, and 9 Gr. igno- time of reformation. But Christ having come a 11 high priest of 10 the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through 12 his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats 13 and bulls, and the ashes of ancient authorities read our. 2 The Greek word here used both testament. 3 Gr. be brought. a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh: 1 Many 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living 15 God? And for this cause he is the mediator of a new 2 covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first 2covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eter16 nal inheritance. For where a 2 testament is, there must of necessity 3 be the death of him 17 that made it. For a 2 testament is of force 4 where there hath been death: 5 for doth it ever avail while he that made 18 it liveth? Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been 19 dedicated without blood. For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself, and all the people, 20 saying, This is the blood of the 2 covenant which God com21 manded to you-ward. Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with 22 the blood. And according to 23 4 Gr. over the dead. 5 Or, for it doth never... liveth. 6 Or, consummation 7 Or, by his sacrifice. the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, 8 Gr. laid and apart from shedding of up for. blood there is no remission. It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things 9 Some in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than 24 these. For Christ entered not into a holy place made with ancient authorities read it can. hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us: nor yet that 25 he should offer himself often; as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own; else must he often have suf- 26 fered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin 7 by the sacrifice of himself. And inasmuch as it is 27 8 appointed unto men to die, and after this cometh judgement; so Christ also, hav- 28 ing been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation. once For the law having a sha- 10 dow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things, 9 they can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh. Else would 2 they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more conscience of sins? But in 3 those sacrifices there is a remembrance made of sins year by year. For it is impossible 4 that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh 5 into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou But a body didst thou pre- In whole burnt offerings 6 is written of me) 2 Some ancient authori ties read high priest. 8 Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou 1 Or, In wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the 9 law), then hath he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 1 By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ 11 once for all. And every 2priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away 12 sins: but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for 3 sins for ever, sat down on the right 13 hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made the footstool of his feet. 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that 15 are sanctified. And the Holy Ghost also beareth witness to us: for after he hath said, 3 Or, sins, for ever sat down &c. 4 Or, testament 5 Gr. I will covenant. 6 Or, full assurance Having therefore, brethren, 8 Or, boldness to enter into the holy jealousy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is 21 to say, his flesh; and having a great priest over the house 22 of God; let us draw near with a true heart in 6 fulness of 9 Gr. a common thing. faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil 7 conscience, and our body washed with pure water: let us hold fast 23 the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised: and 24 let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works; not forsaking the 25 assembling of ourselves together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh. For if we sin wilfully after 26 that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain 27 fearful expectation of judgement, and a 8 fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries. A man that hath set at 28 nought Moses' law dieth without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses: of how 29 much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know 30 him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is 31 a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. But call to remembrance 32 the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings; partly, being made 33 a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used. For ye both had compassion 34 on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling But 3 my righteous 39 But we are not 4 of them that 1 Or, that selves for a better possession 2 Some ancient authori- ye have for your selves a better pos session. 3 Some ter him. By faith Noah, be- 7 ing warned of God concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. By faith A- 8 braham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he became a 9 sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his the right- Own, 11 dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for the 10 city which hath the foundations, whose 12 builder and maker is God. By faith even 11 Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised: wherefore also there sprang 12 of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of heaven in multitude, and as the sand, which is by the sea shore, innumerable. eous one. 4 Gr. of to 7 Or, test 9 The this 11 some- These all died 18 in faith, not 13 having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and clause is having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that 14 say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own. And 15 11 Or, hav-if indeed they had been mindtaken ful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But 16 now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. up his abode in architect 13 Gr. ac- |