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vs. 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he
may establish the second.

vs. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once
for all.

vs. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sins:

This passage shows the insufficiency of the sacrificial law to perform a complete work
against sin and bring the believer to perfection. (vs. 1). It then becomes obvious that the part of the
"law having a shadow" which would be "taken away" (vs. 9) is that which is "offered by" the law
(vs. 8), i.e. sacrificial. The sacrifice of Yahshua is established in verse 10 as a finality, being
once for all.

So, the concept of "taking away" something from the law called "the first" (vs. 9) is then
greatly contrasted later in that chapter by a kind of law that would be established permanently:

vs. 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put
my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

vs. 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

The permanency of this kind of law flows with Paul's words in Romans 3:

vs. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

It then becomes even more obvious in the following verses in Hebrews 10 that this particu-
lar kind of law Paul speaks of must be different than that in the earlier verses concerning the sacri-
fices, which were to be "taken away:"

vs. 26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there
remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

vs. 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour
the adversaries.

vs. 28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

vs. 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath
trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of
grace?

We know that the sin being spoken of (vs. 26) "is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4.
Therefore we can see from verses 16 and 17 (further above) that there must still remain a kind of
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