Hebrews 10:20

The way is new, i.e. lately opened up, and it is living, either because it is effective (cp. Hebrews 4:12), or because Christ is living: cp. John 14:6, where Christ says that He is the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. Through the veil] During His earthly life His flesh stood between Him and the entrance into the heavenly sanctuary. By the rending of that veil, i.e. His death. He has entered in, opening the way for His people.

22. The First Exhortation. Draw near] i.e. in worship and service: see on Hebrews 7:25.

Bodies washed] There may be here a reference to baptism, but the two clauses together denote the purification of the whole man, within and without: see Exodus 19:10; Exodus 29:4, and cp. Ephesians 6:5; Ephesians 6:6.

23. The Second Exhortation, to 'hold fast the confession of our hope' (so RV): cp. Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 3:14.

24. The Third Exhortation, to 'encourage each other to love and good works.'

Provoke] The word is used in the good sense equivalent to stimulate.