Hebrews 5:1
Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
3 That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
- KJV
- For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
- WEB
- For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
- ASV
- For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
- DARBY
- For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;
- BLB
- For every high priest being taken from among men is appointed for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,
- ÅB
- For hver yppersteprest tas iblant mennesker og innsettes for mennesker til tjeneste for Gud, for å frembære både gaver og slaktoffer for synder,
- OTB
- Hver yppersteprest blir valgt blant mennesker og er utnevnt til å handle på vegne av mennesker i saker som angår Gud, for å bære frem både gaver og ofre for synder.
- B1930
- For hver yppersteprest tas iblandt mennesker og innsettes for mennesker til tjeneste for Gud, for å frembære både gaver og slaktoffer for synder,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 8:3
And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
Read in contextHebrews 10:11
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
Read in contextHebrews 2:17
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
Read in contextLeviticus 9:15–21
Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.
Read in contextHebrews 7:27
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
Read in contextHebrews 9:9
It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
Read in contextHebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
Read in contextLeviticus 8:2
“Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,
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