Hebrews 4:7

4:7 So God ¹  again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David ²  after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, ³  “O, that today you would listen as he speaks! ⁴  Do not harden your hearts.”

Hebrews 9:25

9:25 And he did not enter to offer ⁵  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--10:1

9:28 so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, ⁶  to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin ⁷  but to bring salvation. ⁸ 

Concluding Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted

10:1 For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship. ⁹ 

Hebrews 10:16

10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put ¹⁰  my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,” ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² 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).

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

⁴ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

⁵ tn Grk “and not that he might offer,” continuing the previous construction.

⁶ sn An allusion to Isa 53:12.

⁷ 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.

⁸ 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.

⁹ tn Grk “those who approach.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”

¹¹ sn A quotation from Jer 31:33.