Hebrews 10:4
For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
World English Bible British
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 in those sacrifices there is a yearly reminder of sins.
Cross References
Psalms 51:16For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
Isaiah 66:3He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig’s blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
Jeremiah 7:21The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.
Hosea 14:2Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.
Micah 6:6How shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
John 1:29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, 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 →