Hebrews 10:4

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For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

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  • Heb 10:11 : 11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.
  • Mic 6:6-8 : 6 With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand streams of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
  • Rom 11:27 : 27 And this will be My covenant with them when I take away their sins."
  • Heb 9:9 : 9 This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience.
  • Heb 9:12-13 : 12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood. He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so their bodies are outwardly clean,
  • Heb 10:8 : 8 After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law—
  • Mark 12:33 : 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.'
  • John 1:29 : 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'
  • 1 John 3:5 : 5 You know that He appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
  • Ps 51:16 : 16 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
  • Isa 1:11-15 : 11 "What is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed animals; I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats. 12 When you come to appear before Me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of My courts? 13 Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies—I cannot endure iniquity combined with solemn assembly. 14 Your New Moons and appointed festivals My soul hates. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 66:3 : 3 The one who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; the one who offers a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; the one who offers incense is like one who blesses an idol. They have chosen their own ways and their souls delight in their abominations.
  • Jer 6:20 : 20 What use is frankincense brought from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices do not please me.
  • Jer 7:21-22 : 21 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! 22 For when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to them or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
  • Hos 14:2 : 2 Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your sins.
  • Amos 5:21-22 : 21 I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no pleasure in your solemn assemblies. 22 Even if you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not regard your fattened peace offerings.
  • Ps 50:8-9 : 8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. 9 I will not take a bull from your house, nor goats from your pens. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains, and everything that moves in the field is mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 10:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.

    2Otherwise, wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having been cleansed once for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

    3But instead, these sacrifices serve as a reminder of sins year after year.

  • Heb 9:12-14
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    80%

    12He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood. He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

    13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so their bodies are outwardly clean,

    14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?

  • Heb 10:10-11
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    78%

    10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

    11Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.

  • Heb 10:18
    78%

    18Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

  • Heb 10:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me.

    6You were not pleased with whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin.

  • Heb 9:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25Nor did He enter to offer Himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own.

    26Otherwise, He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

  • Heb 13:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat.

    11The high priest brings the blood of animals into the holy places as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.

  • Heb 10:8
    74%

    8After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law—

  • Lev 1:10
    74%

    10If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.

  • Heb 9:9
    74%

    9This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience.

  • Lev 4:19-20
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    74%

    19The priest shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.

    20He shall do with this bull just as he did with the sin offering bull; in this way, the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.

  • Lev 4:24
    74%

    24He shall lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

  • Num 28:30
    74%

    30And include one male goat to make atonement for you.

  • Num 28:22
    73%

    22Also, present one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

  • Heb 9:18
    73%

    18This is why even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

  • Heb 9:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Indeed, according to the Law, almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

    23Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves require better sacrifices than these.

  • Heb 7:27
    72%

    27He does not need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people. He did this once for all when he offered himself.

  • Num 29:5
    72%

    5Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

  • Num 29:11
    72%

    11Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

  • Num 29:19
    72%

    19And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings.

  • Ezek 43:25
    72%

    25For seven days, you shall prepare a male goat daily as a sin offering. You shall also prepare a young bull and a ram from the flock without blemish.

  • Num 29:34
    72%

    34And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offerings.

  • Num 29:22
    72%

    22And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

  • Lev 9:3
    72%

    3And say to the Israelites, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without blemish, for a burnt offering.'

  • Num 29:31
    72%

    31And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offerings.

  • Ezek 43:21
    72%

    21Then take the bull for the sin offering, and burn it in the appointed place of the temple, outside the sanctuary.

  • Num 18:17
    72%

    17But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

  • Num 29:28
    71%

    28And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

  • Heb 8:4
    71%

    4If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

  • Num 29:25
    71%

    25And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

  • Num 7:40
    71%

    40One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Lev 4:30
    71%

    30The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offerings, and he shall pour out all the remaining blood at the base of the altar.

  • Lev 17:11
    71%

    11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.

  • Num 7:46
    71%

    46One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Deut 14:4
    71%

    4These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

  • Num 29:38
    71%

    38Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

  • Lev 16:15
    71%

    15He shall also slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood inside the curtain. He shall do with its blood as he did with the bull's blood: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it.

  • Heb 10:14
    71%

    14For by one offering, He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

  • Num 7:28
    71%

    28One male goat for a sin offering.

  • Heb 9:7
    71%

    7But only the high priest entered the second room, and only once a year, never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.