Jesus Our High Priest

3 Therefore, ^(A)holy brothers and sisters, partakers of a ^(B)heavenly calling, consider ^(C)the Apostle and ^(D)High Priest of our ^(E)confession: Jesus; ^2 [a]He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as ^(F)Moses also was in all His house. ^3 (G)For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. ⁴ For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. ⁵ Now ^(H)Moses was faithful in all ^[b]God’s house as ^(I)a servant, ^(J)for a testimony of those things ^(K)which were to be spoken later; ⁶ but Christ was faithful as ^(L)a Son over His house—^(M)whose house we are, ^(N)if we hold firmly to our ^(O)confidence and the boast of our ^[c](P)hope.

⁷ Therefore, just as ^(Q)the Holy Spirit says,

The Danger of Unbelief

^12 (X)Take care, brothers and sisters, that there will not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart ^[e]that falls away from ^(Y)the living God. ¹³ But ^(Z)encourage one another every day, as long as it is still called “today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the ^(AA)deceitfulness of sin. ¹⁴ For we have become partakers of Christ ^(AB)if we keep the beginning of our ^[f](AC)commitment firm until the end, ¹⁵ while it is said,

¹⁶ For who ^(AE)provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, ^(AF)did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? ¹⁷ And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, ^(AG)whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸ And to whom did He swear ^(AH)that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were ^(AI)disobedient? ¹⁹ And so we see that they were not able to enter because of ^(AJ)unbelief.

The Believer’s Rest

4 Therefore, we must fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have ^(AK)come short of it. ² For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also did; but ^(AL)the word ^[h]they heard did not benefit them, because ^[i]they were not united with those who listened with faith. ³ For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,

although His works were finished ^(AN)from the foundation of the world. ⁴ For He has said ^(AO)somewhere concerning the seventh day: “^(AP)And God ^(AQ)rested on the seventh day from all His works”; ⁵ and again in this passage, “^(AR)They certainly shall not enter My rest.” ⁶ Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had good news preached to them failed to enter because of ^(AS)disobedience, ⁷ He again sets a certain day, “Today,” saying ^[j]through David after so long a time just ^(AT)as has been said before,

⁸ For ^(AV)if ^[k]Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that. ⁹ Consequently, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. ¹⁰ For the one who has entered His rest has himself also ^(AW)rested from his works, as ^(AX)God did from His. ¹¹ Therefore let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same ^(AY)example of ^(AZ)disobedience. ¹² For ^(BA)the word of God is ^(BB)living and ^(BC)active, and sharper than any two-edged ^(BD)sword, even penetrating as far as the division of ^(BE)soul and ^(BF)spirit, of both joints and marrow, and ^(BG)able to ^[l]judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ¹³ And ^(BH)there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are ^(BI)open and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom ^[m]we must answer.

¹⁴ Therefore, since we have a great ^(BJ)high priest who has ^(BK)passed through the heavens, Jesus ^(BL)the Son of God, let’s hold firmly to our ^(BM)confession. ¹⁵ For we do not have ^(BN)a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been ^(BO)tempted in all things just as we are, yet ^(BP)without sin. ¹⁶ Therefore let’s ^(BQ)approach the throne of grace with ^(BR)confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for help at the time of our need.

The Law of Grain Offerings

2 ‘Now when anyone presents a ^(A)grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it. ² He shall then bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; and he shall take from it ^(B)his handful of its fine flour and of its oil, with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its ^(C)memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. ^3 (D)The remainder of the grain offering belongs to ^(E)Aaron and his sons: a most holy part of the offerings to the Lord by fire.

⁴ ‘Now when you bring an offering of a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be ^(F)unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers ^[a]spread with oil. ⁵ And if your offering is a grain offering made ^(G)on the griddle, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil; ⁶ you shall break it into bits and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. ⁷ Now if your offering is a grain offering made ^(H)in a ^[b]pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. ⁸ When you bring in the grain offering which is made of these things to the Lord, it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar. ⁹ The priest then shall take up from the grain offering ^(I)its memorial portion, and shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the Lord. ^10 (J)The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons: a most holy part of the offerings to the Lord by fire.

¹¹ ‘^(K)No grain offering, which you bring to the Lord, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer ^[c]up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an ^(L)offering by fire to the Lord. ^12 (M)As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the Lord, but they shall not ascend as a soothing aroma on the altar. ¹³ Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that ^(N)the salt of the covenant of your God will not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.

¹⁴ ‘Also if you bring a grain offering of early ripened things to the Lord, you shall bring ^(O)fresh heads of grain roasted in the fire, crushed grain of new growth, for the grain offering of your early ripened produce. ¹⁵ You shall then put oil on it and place incense on it; it is a grain offering. ¹⁶ Then the priest shall offer up in smoke ^(P)its memorial portion, part of its crushed grain and its oil with all its incense as an offering by fire to the Lord.