Hebrews 5:3
And being feeble, he has to make sin-offerings for himself as well as for the people.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
In Context
4And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself.
Cross References
Leviticus 4:3If the chief priest by doing wrong becomes a cause of sin to the people, then let him give to the Lord for the sin which he has done, an ox, without any mark, for a sin-offering.
Leviticus 9:7And Moses said to Aaron, Come near to the altar and make your sin-offering and your burned offering to take away your sin and the sin of the people, and make the people's offering to take away their sin; as the Lord has given orders.
Leviticus 16:15Then let him put to death the goat of the sin-offering for the people, and take its blood inside the veil and do with it as he did with the blood of the ox, shaking drops of it on and before the cover of the ark.
Hebrews 9:7But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 5:2-10
The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 1 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: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. 5 So also Christ… Read the whole commentary →