Ibrani 9:24

9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation ¹  of the true sanctuary ²  – but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.

Ibrani 10:25

10:25 not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day ³  drawing near. ⁴ 

Ibrani 10:29

10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for ⁵  the Son of God, and profanes ⁶  the blood of the covenant that made him holy, ⁷  and insults the Spirit of grace?

Ibrani 11:12

11:12 So in fact children ⁸  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand ⁹  on the seashore. ¹⁰ 

[9:24]  ¹ tn Or “prefiguration.”

[9:24]  ² tn The word “sanctuary” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.

[10:25]  ³ sn The day refers to that well-known time of Christ’s coming and judgment in the future; see a similar use of “day” in 1 Cor 3:13.

[10:25]  ⁴ tn This paragraph (vv. 19-25) is actually a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments for English idiom. It begins with several subordinate phrases (since we have confidence and a great priest), has three parallel exhortations as its main verbs (let us draw near, hold, and take thought), and concludes with several subordinate phrases related to the final exhortation (not abandoning but encouraging).

[10:29]  ⁵ tn Grk “tramples under foot.”

[10:29]  ⁶ tn Grk “regarded as common.”

[10:29]  ⁷ tn Grk “by which he was made holy.”

[11:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

[11:12]  ⁹ tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

[11:12]  ¹⁰ sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).