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Connecting Statement:

This second warning is longer and more detailed and includes chapters 3 and 4. The writer begins by showing that Christ is better than his servant Moses.

holy brothers

Here "brothers" refer to fellow Christians, including both men and women. AT: "holy brothers and sisters" or "my holy fellow believers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-gendernotations)

Here "heavenly" represents God. AT: "God has called us together" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

the apostle and high priest

Here the word "apostle" means someone who has been sent. In this passage, it does not refer to any of the twelve apostles. AT: "the one whom God sent and is the high priest"

of our confession

This can be reworded so that the abstract noun "confession" is expressed as the verb "confess." AT: "whom we confess" or "in whom we believe" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)

in God's house

The Hebrew people to whom God revealed himself are spoken of as if they were a literal house. AT: "to all of God's people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

Jesus has been considered

This can be stated in active form. AT: "God has considered Jesus" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

the one who built everything

God's acts of creating the world are spoken of as if he had built a house. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

every house is built by someone

This can be stated in active form. AT: "every house has someone who built it" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

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