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This is because Levi was born later into the family of Abraham, who gave a tenth to Melchizedek.

That person wasn't appointed because of his ancestors, but because his life can never end.

because the Law cannot make anything perfect. At the same time, we are given a much better hope, and it can bring us close to God.

He is forever able to save the people he leads to God, because he always lives to speak to God for them.

If he were here on earth, he would not be a priest at all, because here the Law appoints other priests to offer sacrifices.

In fact, making an agreement of this kind is like writing a will. This is because the one who makes the will must die before it is of any use.

The Law of Moses is like a shadow of the good things to come. This shadow isn't the good things themselves, because it cannot free people from sin by the sacrifices that are offered year after year.

The Law teaches that offerings and sacrifices must be made because of sin. But why did Christ mention these things and say that God did not want them?

So we are made holy because Christ obeyed God and offered himself once for all.

You were kind to people in jail. And you gladly let your possessions be taken away, because you knew you had something better, something that would last forever.

The people God accepts will live because of their faith. But he isn't pleased with anyone who turns back."

Because of our faith, we know that the world was made at God's command. We also know that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.

Because Abel had faith, he offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. God was pleased with him and his gift, and even though Abel is now dead, his faith still speaks for him.

Because Noah had faith, he was warned about something that had not yet happened. He obeyed and built a boat that saved him and his family. In this way the people of the world were judged, and Noah was given the blessings that come to everyone who pleases God.

Because Abraham had faith, he lived as a stranger in the promised land. He lived there in a tent, and so did Isaac and Jacob, who were later given the same promise.

Abraham did this, because he was waiting for the eternal city that God had planned and built.

because he was sure that God could raise people to life. This was just like getting Isaac back from death.

Later, when Jacob was about to die, he leaned on his walking stick and worshiped. Then because of his faith he blessed each of Joseph's sons.

Because Moses' parents had faith, they kept him hidden until he was three months old. They saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid to disobey the king's orders.

Because of his faith, Moses left Egypt. Moses had seen the invisible God and wasn't afraid of the king's anger.