Hebrews 5:3
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.
That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
4 No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.
5 So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
- KJV
- And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
- WEB
- Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.
- ASV
- and by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
- DARBY
- and, on account of this [infirmity], he ought, even as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
- BLB
- and because of this, he is obligated, just as concerning the people, to offer for sins so also concerning himself.
- ÅB
- og for dens skyld må frembære syndoffer, som for folket, så og for seg selv.
- OTB
- På grunn av dette er han forpliktet til å bære frem ofre for sine egne synder, så vel som for folkets synder.
- B1930
- og for dens skyld må frembære syndoffer, som for folket, så og for sig selv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 9:7
Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”
Read in contextLeviticus 16:6
Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
Read in contextHebrews 9:7
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
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 contextLeviticus 16:15
Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.
Read in contextLeviticus 4:3–12
If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
Read in contextLeviticus 8:14–21
Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
Read in contextExodus 29:12–19
Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
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