Heb. Copyedits from Mel

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-\v 1 Therefore we must give far more attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
+\v 1 Therefore, we must give far more attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
 
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 \v 2 For if the message that was spoken through the angels proved to be so reliable, and every transgression and disobedience receives just repayment,
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 \v 7 You made man a little lower than the angels;
-\q2 you crowned him with glory and honor. \f + \ft Some important and ancient Greek copies add, \fqa and you have put him over the works of your hands \fqa* . \f*
+\q2 you crowned him with glory and honor. \f + \ft Some important and ancient Greek copies add \fqa and you have put him over the works of your hands \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 8 You put everything in subjection under his feet."
 \p For it was to him that God has subjected all things. He did not leave anything not subjected to him. But now we do not yet see everything subjected to him.
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 \v 12 For though by this time you should be teachers, you still have need for someone to teach you the elementary principles of God's messages. You need milk, not solid food!
 \v 13 For anyone who only takes milk is inexperienced with the message of righteousness, because he is still a little child.
-\v 14 But solid food is for the mature. These are those who because of their maturity have their understanding trained for distinguishing good from evil.
+\v 14 But solid food is for the mature. These are those who, because of their maturity, have their understanding trained for distinguishing good from evil.
 
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-\v 9 But we are convinced about better things concerning you, beloved ones, things that concern salvation, even though we speak like this.
+\v 9 But we are convinced about better things concerning you, beloved ones—things that concern salvation—even though we speak like this.
 \v 10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you showed for his name, because you served his holy people, and you are still serving them.
 
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 \v 1 It was this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.
-\v 2 It was to him that Abraham gave a tenth of everything. First, the translation of his name means, "king of righteousness"; then he is also "king of Salem," that is, "king of peace."
+\v 2 It was to him that Abraham gave a tenth of everything. First, the translation of his name means "king of righteousness"; then he is also "king of Salem," that is, "king of peace."
 \v 3 He is without father, without mother, without ancestors, with neither beginning of days nor end of life. And resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
 
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 \v 7 There is no denying that the lesser person is blessed by the greater person.
-\v 8 In this case, mortal men receive tithes, but in that case it is testified that he lives on.
+\v 8 In this case, mortal men receive tithes, but in that case, it is testified that he lives on.
 \v 9 And, in a manner of speaking, Levi, who received tithes, also paid tithes through Abraham,
 \v 10 because Levi was in the body of his ancestor when Melchizedek met Abraham.
 
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 \v 10 This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
-\q2 after those days says the Lord.
+\q2 after those days, says the Lord.
 \q I will put my laws into their minds,
 \q2 and I will also write them on their hearts.
 \q I will be their God,
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 \v 7 But only the high priest entered the second room, once each year, and not without blood that he offered for himself and for the people's unintentional sins.
 
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-\v 8 The Holy Spirit showed that as long as the first tabernacle was still standing the way into the most holy place had not yet appeared.
+\v 8 The Holy Spirit showed that as long as the first tabernacle was still standing, the way into the most holy place had not yet appeared.
 \v 9 This was an illustration for the present time. Both the gifts and sacrifices that are now being offered are not able to perfect the worshiper's conscience.
 \v 10 They are only concerned with food and drink and various ceremonial washings, regulations for the body until the time of the new order.
 
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 \v 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in heaven should be cleansed with these animal sacrifices. However, the heavenly things themselves had to be cleansed with much better sacrifices.
-\v 24 For Christ did not enter into the most holy place made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one. Rather he entered into heaven itself, to appear now in God's presence for us.
+\v 24 For Christ did not enter into the most holy place made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one. Rather, he entered into heaven itself, to appear now in God's presence for us.
 
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 \v 25 He did not go there in order to offer himself many times, as does the high priest, who enters the most holy place year by year with the blood of another.
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 \v 28 Anyone who has rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy at the testimony of two or three witnesses.
-\v 29 How much worse punishment do you think one deserves who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, who regarded the blood of the covenant as unholy—the blood by which he was sanctified—and insulted the Spirit of grace?
+\v 29 How much worse punishment do you think one deserves who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, who has regarded the blood of the covenant as unholy—the blood by which he was sanctified—and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
 
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 \v 30 For we know the one who said, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay back." And again, "The Lord will judge his people."
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 \v 23 It was by faith that Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents because they saw he was a beautiful child. They were not afraid of the king's command.
 \v 24 It was by faith that Moses, after he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.
 \v 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a while.
-\v 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as greater value than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
+\v 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
 
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 \v 27 It was by faith that Moses left Egypt. He did not fear the king's anger, for he endured as if he were seeing the one who is invisible.