Discovery BoxHebrews 7:5 
Context7:5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office 1 have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, 2 although they too are descendants of Abraham. 3
Hebrews 9:15
Context9:15 And so he is the mediator 4 of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, 5 since he died 6 to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 11:8
Context11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.
Hebrews 12:9
Context12:9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from 7 our earthly fathers 8 and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? 9
1 tn Or “the priesthood.”
2 tn Grk “from their brothers.” See BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.
3 tn Grk “have come from the loins of Abraham.”
4 tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesith", “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms.
5 tn Grk “the promise of the eternal inheritance.”
6 tn Grk “a death having occurred.”
7 tn Grk “we had our earthly fathers as discipliners.”
8 tn Grk “the fathers of our flesh.” In Hebrews, “flesh” is a characteristic way of speaking about outward, physical, earthly life (cf. Heb 5:7; 9:10, 13), as opposed to the inward or spiritual dimensions of life.
9 tn Grk “and live.”
sn Submit ourselves…to the Father of spirits and receive life. This idea is drawn from Proverbs, where the Lord’s discipline brings life, while resistance to it leads to death (cf. Prov 4:13; 6:23; 10:17; 16:17).
