Hebrews 10:4
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
In Context
3But with those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year.
Cross References
Psalms 51:16For you do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; 1 you have no pleasure in burnt offerings. 1
Isaiah 66:3He who slaughters an ox also murders a man; he who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog's neck; 1 he who offers a grain offering offers swine's blood; he who offers a memorial of incense also blesses wickedness. 1 They have chosen their own ways, and they take pleasure in their abominations. 1
Jeremiah 7:21Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel says this, 'Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and the meat from them.
Hosea 14:2Take with you words and return to Yahweh. 1 Say to him, “Take away all our iniquity 1 and accept what is good, 1 so that we may offer to you the fruit of our lips. + 14:2 The phrase so that we may offer to you the fruit of our lips represents the interpretation of some ancient versions. The Hebrew text has so that we may offer bulls, our lips . Some modern versions interpret this to mean, so that we may offer to you bulls, which we have promised to do . 1
Micah 6:6What should I bring to Yahweh, 1 as I bow down to the high God? 1 Should I come to him with burnt offerings, 1 with calves a year old? 1
John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look, there is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 10:2-7
The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of… Read the whole commentary →