22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of (James 1:18)the firstborn Luke 10:20whoare registered in heaven, to God Gen. 18:25; Ps. 50:6; 94:2the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men (Phil. 3:12)made perfect, 24 to Jesus 1 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 8:6; 9:15the Mediator of the new covenant, and to Ex. 24:8the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things Gen. 4:10; Heb. 11:4than thatof Abel.