²⁵ See that you don't refuse him who speaks. For if they didn't escape when they refused him who warned on the Earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

⁵ who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."

⁷ By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

¹¹ But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

⁶ She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.

⁹ Don't be angry very sore, Yahweh, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people.

¹⁰ They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

⁴ Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

⁵ While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."

³⁵ "This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'--God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

¹⁵ See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.

⁴ and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.

¹ Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

² For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense;

³ how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation-- which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;

¹⁷ With whom was he displeased forty years? Wasn't it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

²⁸ A man who disregards Moses' law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.

²⁹ How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

⁶ You have heard it; see all this; and you, will you not declare it? I have shown you new things from this time, even hidden things, which you have not known.

³² He who refuses correction despises his own soul, But he who listens to reproof gets understanding.

²⁹ Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."

²² Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

¹⁵ For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people.

¹⁷ But if your heart turn away, and you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

¹⁶ Thus says the whole congregation of Yahweh, What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in that you have built you an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh?

¹⁶ When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.

¹⁹ But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

²⁴ Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

³² For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

³³ Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.

¹⁸ Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, But he who heeds correction shall be honored.

⁹ He said to me, "See you don't do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."

¹⁰ I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, "Look! Don't do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy."

²² Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently: