Hebrews 4:3

4:3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ¹  And yet God’s works ²  were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 4:7

4:7 So God ³  again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David ⁴  after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, ⁵  “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! ⁶  Do not harden your hearts.”

Hebrews 5:7

5:7 During his earthly life ⁷  Christ ⁸  offered ⁹  both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

Hebrews 9:7

9:7 But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, ¹⁰  and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. ¹¹ 

Hebrews 9:11

Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary

9:11 But now Christ has come ¹²  as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

Hebrews 9:19

9:19 For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

Hebrews 9:24-25

9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation ¹³  of the true sanctuary ¹⁴  – but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us. 9:25 And he did not enter to offer ¹⁵  himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

Hebrews 9:28

9:28 so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, ¹⁶  to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin ¹⁷  but to bring salvation. ¹⁸ 

Hebrews 10:8

10:8 When he says above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them” ¹⁹  (which are offered according to the law),

Hebrews 11:9

11:9 By faith he lived as a foreigner ²⁰  in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs ²¹  of the same promise.

Hebrews 11:16

11:16 But as it is, ²²  they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 13:5

13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.” ²³ 

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¹ sn A quotation from Ps 95:11.

² tn Grk “although the works,” continuing the previous reference to God. The referent (God) is specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ sn Ps 95 does not mention David either in the text or the superscription. It is possible that the writer of Hebrews is attributing the entire collection of psalms to David (although some psalms are specifically attributed to other individuals or groups).

⁵ tn Grk “as it has been said before” (see Heb 3:7).

⁶ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

⁷ tn Grk “in the days of his flesh.”

⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Grk “who…having offered,” continuing the description of Christ from Heb 5:5-6.

¹⁰ tn Grk “the second tent.”

¹¹ tn Or perhaps “the unintentional sins of the people”; Grk “the ignorances of the people.” Cf. BDAG 13 s.v. ἀγνόημα, “sin committed in ignorance/unintentionally.” This term seems to be simply a synonym for “sins” (cf. Heb 5:2) and does not pick up the distinction made in Num 15:22-31 between unwitting sin and “high-handed” sin. The Day of Atonement ritual in Lev 16 covered all the sins of the people, not just the unwitting ones.

¹² tn Grk “But Christ, when he came,” introducing a sentence that includes all of Heb 9:11-12. The main construction is “Christ, having come…, entered…, having secured…,” and everything else describes his entrance.

¹³ tn Or “prefiguration.”

¹⁴ tn The word “sanctuary” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.

¹⁵ tn Grk “and not that he might offer,” continuing the previous construction.

¹⁶ sn An allusion to Isa 53:12.

¹⁷ tn Grk “without sin,” but in context this does not refer to Christ’s sinlessness (as in Heb 4:15) but to the fact that sin is already dealt with by his first coming.

¹⁸ tn Grk “for salvation.” This may be construed with the verb “await” (those who wait for him to bring them salvation), but the connection with “appear” (as in the translation) is more likely.

¹⁹ sn Various phrases from the quotation of Ps 40:6 in Heb 10:5-6 are repeated in Heb 10:8.

²⁰ tn Or “settled as a resident alien.”

²¹ tn Or “heirs with him.”

²² tn Grk “now.”

²³ sn A quotation from Deut 31:6, 8.