5:1 For every high priest is taken from among the people ¹  and appointed ²  to represent them before God, ³  to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness, 5:3 and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. 5:4 And no one assumes this honor ⁴  on his own initiative, ⁵  but only when called to it by God, ⁶  as in fact Aaron was. 5:5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, ⁷  who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,” ⁸  5:6 as also in another place God ⁹  says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ¹⁰  5:7 During his earthly life ¹¹  Christ ¹²  offered ¹³  both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion. 5:8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. ¹⁴  5:9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, 5:10 and he was designated ¹⁵  by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek. ¹⁶ 

9:12 And God said, “This is the guarantee ⁵  of the covenant I am making ⁶  with you ⁷  and every living creature with you, a covenant ⁸  for all subsequent ⁹  generations: 9:13 I will place ¹⁰  my rainbow ¹¹  in the clouds, and it will become ¹²  a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth. 9:14 Whenever ¹³  I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,