Chapter 10
10:1 For the law is a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of those things. It could never by the same sacrifices, which they offer continually year after year, perfect those who draw near.
Hebrews
10:2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshippers, once purified, would no longer be conscious of sins?
10:3 But in those sacrifices there is an annual reminder of sins.
10:4 For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
10:5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifices and offerings You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.
10:6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have had no pleasure.
10:7 Then I said, “See, I have come to do Your will, O Elohim,” as it is written of Me in the volume of the book.”
10:8 Previously when He said, “You did not desire sacrifices and offerings. You have had no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin,” which are offered in accordance with the law,
10:9 then He said, “See, I have come to do Your will, O Elohim.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second.
10:10 By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of YASHUWAH the Messiah once for all.
10:11 But every priest stands daily ministering and repetitively offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
10:12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of Elohim.
10:13 Since that time He has been waiting for His enemies to be made His footstool.
10:14 For by one offering He has forever perfected those who are sanctified.
10:15 The Holy Spirit also witnesses to us about this. For after saying,
10:16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says YASHUWAH: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,”
10:17 then He adds, “Their sins and lawless deeds will I remember no more.”
10:18 Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.
10:19 Therefore, brothers, we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of YASHUWAH,
10:20 by a new and living way that He has opened for us through the veil, that is to say, His flesh,
10:21 and since we have a High Priest over the house of Elohim,
10:22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse them from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
10:23 Let us firmly hold the profession of our faith without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
10:24 And let us consider how to spur one another to love and to good works.
10:25 Let us not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but let us exhort one another, especially as you see the Day approaching.
10:26 For if we willfully continue to sin after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
10:27 but a fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which will devour the adversaries.
10:28 Anyone who despised Moses” law died without mercy in the presence of two or three witnesses.
10:29 How much more severe a punishment do you suppose he deserves, who has trampled under foot the Son of Elohim, and has regarded the blood of the covenant that sanctified him to be a common thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
10:30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine,” says YASHUWAH, “I will repay.” And again He says, “YASHUWAH will judge His people.”
10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living Elohim.
10:32 Remember the former days, after you were enlightened, in which you endured a great struggle of afflictions.
10:33 In part you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and afflictions. And in part you became companions of those who were so abused.
10:34 For you had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully endured the confiscation of your property, knowing that you have in heaven a better and an enduring possession for yourselves.
10:35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which will be greatly rewarded.
10:36 For you need patience, so that after you have done the will of Elohim, you will receive the promise.
10:37 For, “In yet a little while, He who is to come will come, and will not wait.
10:38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him.”
10:39 But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.