Hebrews 5:3

Translations

Modern

That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

Traditional

And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

Literal

…and because of this, he is obligated, just as concerning the people, to offer for sins so also concerning himself.

Latin

…et propterea debet, quemadmodum pro populo, ita etiam et pro semetipso offerre pro peccatis.

Original

Greek

English

That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

Notes

Hebrews 5:3

On the Day of Atonement, the high priest had to offer sacrifices for himself and his family before offering sacrifices for the people (Leviticus 16:11).

Hebrews 5:1–10

This section discusses how the Son of God became a superior high priest. The main text is Psalm 110:4, where God promises that the Son will be a priest forever like Melchizedek.

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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.”
Leviticus 16:6
Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
Hebrews 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.
Hebrews 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.
Leviticus 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.
Leviticus 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.
Leviticus 8:14–21
Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
Exodus 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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