Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.
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Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.
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For the which infirmities sake he is bounde to offer for synnes as well for hys awne parte as for the peoples.
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And for the sames sake he is bound to offer for sinnes, as well for his own part, as for ye peoples.
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- Leviticus 9:7 Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as Yahweh commanded.”
- Leviticus 16:6 “Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
- Hebrews 9:7 but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.
- Hebrews 7:27 who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
- Leviticus 4:3-12 if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without defect to Yahweh for a sin offering. He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull before Yahweh. The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting. The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the sanctuary. The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the Tent of Meeting; and he shall pour out the rest of the blood of the bull at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering from it: the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove, as it is removed from the bull of the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. He shall carry the bull’s skin, all its meat, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung —all the rest of the bull—outside of the camp to a clean place where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire. It shall be burned where the ashes are poured out.
- Leviticus 16:15 “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.
- Exodus 29:12-19 You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. But the meat of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the camp. It is a sin offering. “You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar. You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head. You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. “You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
- Leviticus 8:14-21 He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it. He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it on the altar. But the bull, and its skin, and its meat, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp, as Yahweh commanded Moses. He presented the ram of the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar. He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat. He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for…
3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
Ver. 3. He ought as for the people] A priest is a person by God’s apppointment taken from among men, and for men to offer gifts and sacrifices for sin in their and his own behalf.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This connection demonstrates the infirmity of the legal high…
This connection demonstrates the infirmity of the legal high priest: for this their infirmity, sins of ignorance and error.
And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people; he was obliged to his work by the express law of God, Lev 1:1-17. It is a rule for what the priests ought to do, and so is the whole book, to which they are to be punctually obedient, even to sacrifice for particular sinners in the church, as they were guilty and brought their sacrifice, Lev 4:1-35, and for the whole church of Israel on the atonement day, Lev 16:15-34.
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So also for himself, to offer for sins; he had also his proper sacrifice for his own sins commonly, Lev 4:3, extraordinarily on the day of atonement annually, Lev 16:6-14. It is not necessary to a priest to be a sinner, but it is to be merciful. Adam offered prayers and praises to his Creator for himself and Eve in innocency; but since the fall our Lord Jesus Christ is the only High Priest without sin, and yet most merciful, as well as most sensible of the sins and miseries of penitent believing sinners. He offers up the sacrifice to God truly propitiatory, as his types did the typical ones, and procured the pardon which God promised to give upon his so sacrificing to him.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain That is, by reason of which infirmities he ought,…
That is, by reason of which infirmities he ought, both by God’s command, and also from the reason and nature of the thing, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.
Note here, That this is a description of the high priest under the law, not of our Lord Jesus Christ our Great High Priest under the gospel, because Christ had actually no sin of his own to offer for, being holy, harmless, and undefiled, separate from sinners. This expression therefore of offering for his own sins, belongs to the weakness and imperfection of the legal high priest.
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Learn hence, That it was a part of the darkness and bondage of the church under the Old Testament, that their high priests had need to offer sacrifices for themselves, and their own sins. This they did in the vies of the people. They first took care to offer for their own sins, and then for the sins of others; whosoever dealeth with God about the sins of others, ought to look well, in the first place, unto his own: it is a great evidence of hypocrisy for men to be severe towards the sins of others, and careless about their own sins.
Learn, 2. That such was the absolute holiness and spotless innocency of the Lord Jesus Christ our Great High Priest, that what he offered was not for himself, but for his people. Atonement for sinners was made by him who had no sin of his own to atone for.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And by reason hereof,.... Because of his sinful infirmity:
And by reason hereof,.... Because of his sinful infirmity:
he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins; as he offered sacrifice for the sins of the people, so he was obliged to offer for his own sins; in this Christ differed from the high priest, for he had no sin of his own to offer for, Heb 7:27 but he had, and therefore offered for them, Lev 16:11 and made a confession of them: the form of which, as used on the day of atonement, was this;
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"he put both his hands upon the bullock, and confessed, and thus he said: I beseech thee, O Lord, I have done wickedly, I have transgressed, I have sinned before thee, I and my house; I beseech thee, O Lord, pardon the iniquities, transgressions, and sins, which I have done wickedly, transgressed, and sinned before thee, I and my house.''
And this he did a second time on that day (z).
(z) Misna Yoma, c. 3. sect. 8. & c. 4. sect. 2.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. And by reason hereof] As he is…
Verse 3. And by reason hereof] As he is also a transgressor of the commands of God, and unable to observe the law in its spirituality, he must offer sacrifices for sin, not only for the people, but for himself also: this must teach him to have a fellow feeling for others.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And by reason hereof - Because he is a…
And by reason hereof - Because he is a sinner; an imperfect man. “As for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.” To make an expiation for sins. He needs the same atonement; he offers the sacrifice for himself which he does for others; Lev 9:7. The same thing is true of the ministers of religion now. They come before God feeling that they have need of the benefit of the same atonement which they preach to others; they plead the merits of the same blood for their own salvation which they show to be indispensable for the salvation of others.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain by reason hereof--"on account of this" infirmity.
by reason hereof--"on account of this" infirmity.
he ought . . . also for himself, to offer for sins--the Levitical priest ought; in this our High Priest is superior to the Levitical. The second "for" is a different Greek term from the first; "in behalf of the people . . . on account of sins."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. By reason hereof—That, is, of this infirmity.
3. By reason hereof—That, is, of this infirmity.
He ought… for himself to offer—Although these susceptibilities are not in themselves sins, yet so sure is the presumption that even the high priest has in course of the year incurred guilt that he needs to offer, also, for himself. Herein the true High Priest surpasses the Aaronic line, in that he is without sin, (Heb_4:15,) and needs not atonement.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. And by reason hereof] i.e. because of this…
3. And by reason hereof] i.e. because of this moral weakness.
he ought] He is bound not merely as a legal duty, but as a moral necessity.
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so also for himself] The Law assumed that this would be necessary for every High Priest (Lev_4:3-12). In the High Priest’s prayer of intercession he said, “Oh do thou expiate the misdeeds, the crimes, and the sins, wherewith I have done evil, and have sinned before Thee I and my house!” Until he had thus made atonement for himself, he was regarded as guilty, and so could not offer any atonement for others who were guilty (Lev_4:3; Lev_9:7; Lev_16:6, and comp. Heb_7:27).
to offer for sins] The word “offer” may be used absolutely for “to offer sacrifices” (Luk_5:14); but the words “for sins” are often an equivalent for “sin-offerings” (see Heb_10:6; Lev_6:23; Num_8:8, &c).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) To be closely joined with Heb_5:2 : “Is…
(3) To be closely joined with Heb_5:2 : “Is compassed with infirmity, and by reason thereof is bound . . .” The law of the Day of Atonement required a sin-offering of a bullock and a burnt-offering of a ram for the high priest himself, and for the congregation a sin-offering of two he-goats and a burnt-offering of a ram. Over his own sin-offering the high priest made confession of sins, first for himself and his household, then for the priests; over the goat sent into the wilderness the sins of the people were confessed.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And by reason hereof he ought (or, is bound,…
And by reason hereof he ought (or, is bound, ofeilei), as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. This obligation is evident in the ease of the high priests of the Law. Consequently, their sin offering for themselves, in the first place, was a prominent part of the ceremonial of the Day of Atonement, which the writer may be supposed to have especially in view. (Le 16) But can we suppose any corresponding necessity in the case of Christ? The argument does not absolutely require that we should, since the obligation of the Levitical high priest may be adduced only in proof of his own experience of asyeneia . Christ, though under no such obligation, might still fulfill the requisites of a high priest, expressed in the case of sinful high priests by the obligation to offer for themselves; and we may (as Ebrard says) leave it to the writer to show hew he does fulfill them. Whether, however, there was in Christ"s own experience anything corresponding to the high priest"s offering for himself will be considered under vers. 7, 8.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 3. And by reason hereof. Of his own infirmity,…
3. And by reason hereof. Of his own infirmity, in that he was of men. Ought, as for the people, so also for himself. As one of a sinful race he needed to approach God in his own behalf, as well as in behalf of men. He offered “atonement for his own sins and for the sins of the people.” This was shown forth in the very garments he wore when he offered the national atonement once a year. On the shoulder of the ephod (Exod. 28:10) were two onyx stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve sons of Jacob, the representatives of all the tribes of Israel, of Levi the priestly tribe as well as the others. As he stood before the mercy-seat interceding, he bore all these names before the Lord.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Sin. (See Scofield "Rom 3:23").
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Sin. (See Scofield "Rom 3:23").
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 5:3 On the Day of Atonement the high priest…
5:3 On the Day of Atonement the high priest was required to offer sacrifices for himself and his household prior to offering sacrifices for the people (Lev 16:11).
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