Hebrews 8:3

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Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.

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  • Heb 5:1 : 1 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 how 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 10:9-9 : 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins. 12 But this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God.
  • John 6:51 : 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, they will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
  • Heb 7:27 : 27 He 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.

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  • Heb 5:1
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    1For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

  • Heb 8:4-6
    3 verses
    84%

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

    5These priests serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to set up the tabernacle. For God said, 'See that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.'

    6But now Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry, as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.

  • Heb 8:1-2
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    82%

    1Now here is the main point: We have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

    2He serves in the holy place and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man.

  • Heb 5:3-4
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    3Because of this, he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for the sins of the people.

    4And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.

  • Heb 7:23-28
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    23Now there have been many priests since death prevented them from continuing in office;

    24but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.

    25Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

    26Such a high priest truly meets our need: one who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

    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.

    28For the law appoints men who are weak as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

  • Heb 9:25
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    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.

  • Heb 10:11
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    11Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.

  • Heb 2:17
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    17Therefore, He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in service to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

  • Heb 9:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6When these things were arranged this way, the priests would regularly enter the first room of the tabernacle to perform their ministry.

    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.

  • Heb 7:11-13
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    11If perfection could have been achieved through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), why was there still a need for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one according to the order of Aaron?

    12For when there is a change in the priesthood, there must also be a change in the law.

    13For the one about whom these things are spoken belongs to a different tribe, one from which no one has ever served at the altar.

  • Heb 9:11
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    11But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

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

  • Heb 7:20-21
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    20And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,

    21but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: 'The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: You are a priest forever.'

  • Heb 9:23
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    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 7:3
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    3Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6As He also says in another place, 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'

  • Heb 3:1
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    1Therefore, holy brothers and sisters who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest whom we confess.

  • Num 5:9
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    9Any contribution from the sacred offerings that the Israelites bring to the priest will belong to him.

  • Heb 7:15
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    15And this becomes even more evident if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

  • Heb 10:21
    71%

    21and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,

  • Heb 7:17
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    17For it is testified: 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'

  • Lev 7:6-8
    3 verses
    71%

    6Every male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.

    7The guilt offering is the same as the sin offering; there is one law for both. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.

    8The priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone shall have the skin of the burnt offering he has offered.

  • Heb 6:20
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    20where Jesus, the forerunner for us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:10
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    10He was designated by God as a high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 10:5
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    5Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me.

  • 1 Pet 2:5
    70%

    5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 13:10-11
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    70%

    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 4:14-15
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    70%

    14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus, the Son of God—let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

    15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are—yet without sin.

  • Lev 7:14
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    14From the offering, one loaf shall be presented as a contribution to the Lord; it shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.

  • Lev 17:8
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    8Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice

  • Lev 16:32
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    32The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He shall put on the sacred linen garments.

  • Heb 10:3
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    3But instead, these sacrifices serve as a reminder of sins year after year.

  • Lev 3:12
    69%

    12If his offering is a goat, he is to present it before the LORD.