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In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, guaranteed it with an oath,

to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace.

for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.

(for they indeed became priests without an oath, but He with an oath through the One who said to Him,"The Lord has swornAnd will not change His mind,‘You are a priest forever'");

but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently.

who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen,And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,'For all will know Me,From the least to the greatest of them.

and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy places once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy places year by year with blood that is not his own.

waiting from that time until His enemies are put as a footstool for His feet.

by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,

For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay." And again, "The Lord will judge His people."

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he was approved as being righteous—God approving his gifts—and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.

By faith Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only son,

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

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

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.

It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our benefit, so that we may share His holiness.