Hebrews 5:3
Because of this, he also is required to offer sacrifices for his own sins, just as he does for the people's sins.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
4It is not for himself that anyone takes this honor. Instead, he is called by God, just as Aaron was.
Cross References
Leviticus 4:3If it is the high priest who sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has committed a young bull without blemish to Yahweh as a sin offering.
Leviticus 9:7Moses said to Aaron, “Come near the altar and offer your sin offering and burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people, and offer the sacrifice for the people to make atonement for them, as Yahweh has commanded.”
Leviticus 16:15Then he must kill the goat for the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the curtain. There he must do with the blood as he did with the blood of the bull: He must sprinkle it on the atonement lid and then before the atonement lid.
Hebrews 9:7But only the high priest entered the second room once each year, and not without blood that he offered for himself and for the people's unintentional sins.
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 →