And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.

These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties,

he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.

Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,