Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land to which you go to possess it.
But if I delay long, that you may know how you ought to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Therefore in all things it was necessary for him to be made like his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.