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And, “Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of thy hands;
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how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,
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For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
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Those who formerly became priests took their office without an oath, but this one was addressed with an oath, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘Thou art a priest for ever.’”
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a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent which is set up not by man but by the Lord.
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For he finds fault with them when he says: “The days will come, says the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
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not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue in my covenant, and so I paid no heed to them, says the Lord.
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This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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And they shall not teach every one his fellow or every one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest.
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“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,”
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For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
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And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons?— “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him.
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For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
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Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
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Hence we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me?”
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Benediction
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,
