Hebrews 8:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who make the offerings ordered by the law;

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  • Heb 7:11-15 : 11 Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron? 12 Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law. 13 For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar. 14 Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe. 15 And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,
  • Heb 5:1 : 1 Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins.
  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.
  • Num 16:40 : 40 To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.
  • Num 17:12-13 : 12 And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all. 13 Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?
  • Num 18:5 : 5 You are to be responsible for the holy place and the altar, so that wrath may never again come on the children of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 26:18-19 : 18 And they made protests to Uzziah the king, and said to him, The burning of perfumes, Uzziah, is not your business but that of the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been made holy for this work: go out of the holy place, for you have done wrong, and it will not be to your honour before God. 19 Then Uzziah was angry; and he had in his hand a vessel for burning perfume; and while his wrath was bitter against the priests, the mark of the leper's disease came out on his brow, before the eyes of the priests in the house of the Lord by the altar of perfumes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 8:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,

    2As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.

    3Now every high priest is given authority to take to God the things which are given and to make offerings; so that it is necessary for this man, like them, to have something for an offering.

  • Heb 5:1
    79%

    1Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins.

  • Heb 7:11-17
    7 verses
    78%

    11Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

    12Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law.

    13For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.

    14Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe.

    15And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,

    16That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:

    17For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 8:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was about to make the Tent, had special orders from God: for, See, he said, that you make everything like the design which you saw in the mountain.

    6But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

    7For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.

  • Heb 7:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

    20And as this is not without the taking of an oath

    21(For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

  • Heb 7:26-28
    3 verses
    76%

    26It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:

    27Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.

    28The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

  • Heb 9:23-25
    3 verses
    75%

    23For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

    24For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

    25And he did not have to make an offering of himself again and again, as the high priest goes into the holy place every year with blood which is not his;

  • Heb 7:3
    75%

    3Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

  • Heb 9:11
    74%

    11But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

  • Heb 10:11
    74%

    11And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins.

  • Heb 9:6-9
    4 verses
    74%

    6Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.

    7But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:

    8The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;

    9And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

  • Heb 10:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

    2For if this had been possible, would there not have been an end of those offerings, because the worshippers would have been made completely clean and would have been no longer conscious of sins?

  • Heb 5:3-6
    4 verses
    72%

    3And being feeble, he has to make sin-offerings for himself as well as for the people.

    4And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself.

    5In the same way Christ did not take for himself the glory of being made a high priest, but was given it by him who said, You are my Son, this day I have given you being:

    6As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 7:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;

    24But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.

  • Heb 10:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Because it is not possible for the blood of oxen and goats to take away sins.

    5So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me;

  • Heb 10:8
    71%

    8After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them,

  • Heb 4:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.

    15For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

  • Heb 2:17
    70%

    17Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.

  • Heb 5:10
    70%

    10Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 6:20
    70%

    20Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 13:10
    70%

    10We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

  • Ps 110:4
    69%

    4The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 3:1
    69%

    1For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

  • Heb 9:1
    69%

    1Now the first agreement had its rules of worship, and a holy order.