Ibrani 2:1-3

Warning Against Drifting Away

2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ¹  proved to be so firm that every violation ²  or disobedience received its just penalty, 2:3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

Ibrani 10:28-29

10:28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death ³  without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ⁴  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 12:25

12:25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

[2:2]  ¹ sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

[2:2]  ² tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

[10:28]  ³ tn Grk “dies.”

[10:28]  ⁴ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.

[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.”