but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things and through whom he created the universe.

He is the reflection of God’s glory and the perfect expression of his very being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. Achieving purification from sins, he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

And again, when he brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God pay him homage.”

They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment.

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent forth to serve for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

Both the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all proceed from one Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Therefore, since the children are all made of flesh and blood, Jesus likewise shared in the same flesh and blood, so that by his death he might destroy the one who has the power of death—that is, the devil—

For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all is God.

Now Moses was faithful as a servant in God’s household, testifying to the things that would later be revealed,

Who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Were they not all those whom Moses had led out of Egypt?

For somewhere he says in reference to the seventh day, “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.”

Nothing in creation is hidden from his sight. Everything is uncovered and exposed to the eyes of the one to whom we must all render an account.

and when he had been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

and then in spite of all this have fallen away, it is impossible to restore them again to repentance. For they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves once again and are holding him up to contempt.

We do not want you to allow yourselves to become sluggish; rather, we want you to become imitators of those who through faith and patience are now heirs of the promises.

Human beings swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath given as confirmation puts an end to all argument.

Now the one about whom these things were said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.

Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people. He accomplished this once for all when he offered himself.

Actually, if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are already others who offer gifts according to the Law,

And they shall not teach one another, each saying to his neighbor and his brother, ‘Know the Lord.’ For they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

in which stood the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold. In that ark were the gold jar containing the manna, and Aaron’s staff that had sprouted buds, and the tablets of the covenant.

Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of atonement (but we cannot discuss these things in detail now).

Christ Has Come. But now Christ has arrived as the high priest of the good things that have come. He has passed through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by human hands, that is, not a part of this creation,

and he has entered once for all into the sanctuary not with the blood of goats and calves but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.

For when all the commandments of the Law had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, together with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,