Hebrews 5:3
And therefore he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
4Neither doth any man take the honour to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was.
Cross References
Leviticus 4:3If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making the people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin a calf without blemish.
Leviticus 9:7And he said to Aaron: Approach to the altar, and offer sacrifice for thy sin: offer the holocaust, and pray for thyself and for the people: and when thou hast slain the people's victim, pray for them, as the Lord hath commanded.
Leviticus 16:15And when he hath killed the buck goat for the sin of the people, he shall carry in the blood thereof within the veil, as he was commanded to do with the blood of the calf, that he may sprinkle it over against the oracle,
Hebrews 9:7But into the second, the high priest alone, once a year: not without blood, which he offereth for his own, and the people's ignorance:
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 →