Hebrews 5:3
and because of this [weakness] he ought, just as for the people, so also for himself, to bring forward [sacrifices] for sins;
Literal Standard Version
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 one takes the honor to himself, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron.
Cross References
Leviticus 4:3if the priest who is anointed sins according to the guilt of the people, then he has brought near for his sin which he has sinned a bullock, a son of the herd, a perfect one, to YHWH, for a sin-offering,
Leviticus 9:7And Moses says to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar, and make your sin-offering, and your burnt-offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people, and make the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as YHWH has commanded.”
Leviticus 16:15And he has slaughtered the goat of the sin-offering which [is] the people’s, and has brought in its blood to the inside of the veil, and has done with its blood as he has done with the blood of the bullock, and has sprinkled it on the propitiatory covering, and at the front of the propitiatory covering,
Hebrews 9:7and into the second, once in the year, only the chief priest, not apart from blood, which he offers for himself and 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 →