⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who ^(A)comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. ⁷ By faith ^(B)Noah, being ^(C)warned by God about ^(D)things not yet seen, ^[a](E)in reverence ^(F)prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of ^(G)the righteousness which is according to faith.

⁸ By faith ^(H)Abraham, when he was called, obeyed ^[b]by going out to a place which he was to ^(I)receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. ⁹ By faith he lived as an alien in ^(J)the land of promise, as in a foreign land, ^(K)dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, ^(L)fellow heirs of the same promise; ¹⁰ for he was looking for ^(M)the city which has ^(N)foundations, ^(O)whose architect and builder is God. ¹¹ By faith even ^(P)Sarah herself received ^[c]ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him ^(Q)faithful who had promised. ¹² Therefore there was born even of one man, and ^(R)him as good as dead ^[d]at that, as many descendants ^(S)as the stars of heaven in number, and innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

^13 (T)All these died in faith, ^(U)without receiving the promises, but ^(V)having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and ^(W)having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. ¹⁴ For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. ¹⁵ And indeed if they had been ^[e]thinking of that country from which they went out, ^(X)they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a ^(Y)heavenly one. Therefore ^(Z)God is not ^[f]ashamed to be ^(AA)called their God; for ^(AB)He has prepared a city for them.

¹⁰ and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. And he said to them, “^(A)Listen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?” ¹¹ Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and ^(B)water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank. ¹² But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “^(C)Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”