Hebrews 2:3
2:3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
Hebrews 7:2
7:2 To him 1 also Abraham apportioned a tithe 2 of everything. 3 His name first means 4 king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
Hebrews 8:13
8:13 When he speaks of a new covenant, 5 he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear. 6
Hebrews 10:9
10:9 then he says, “Here I am: I have come to do your will.” 7 He does away with 8 the first to establish the second.
1 tn Grk “to whom,” continuing the description of Melchizedek. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
2 tn Or “a tenth part.”
3 sn A quotation from Gen 14:20.
4 tn Grk “first being interpreted,” describing Melchizedek.
5 tn Grk “when he says, ‘new,’” (referring to the covenant).
6 tn Grk “near to disappearing.”
7 tc The majority of mss, especially the later ones (א2 0278vid 1739 Ï lat), have ὁ θεός (Jo qeo", “God”) at this point, while most of the earliest and best witnesses lack such an explicit addressee (so Ì46 א* A C D K P Ψ 33 1175 1881 2464 al). The longer reading is a palpable corruption, apparently motivated in part by the wording of Ps 40:8 (39:9 LXX) and by the word order of this same verse as quoted in Heb 10:7.
8 tn Or “abolishes.”