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Literal Standard Version

Hebrews 5:3

and because of this [weakness] he ought, just as for the people, so also for himself, to bring forward [sacrifices] for sins;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Minister, Christian;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Priest, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Burnt Offering;   Melchizedek;   Priest;   Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hebrews;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hebrews, Epistle to;   Number;   Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Day of Atonement ;   Hebrews Epistle to the;   Priest (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Christ, Offices of;   Ezra;   Hebrews, Epistle to the;   Here;   Priest, High;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Because of this, he must make an offering for his own sins as well as for the people.
King James Version (1611)
And by reason heereof hee ought as for the people, so also for himselfe, to offer for sinnes.
King James Version
And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
English Standard Version
Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people.
New American Standard Bible
and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins for himself, as well as for the people.
New Century Version
Because he is weak, the high priest must offer sacrifices for his own sins and also for the sins of the people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins, as for the people, so also for himself.
Legacy Standard Bible
and because of it, he is obligated, just as for the people, to also offer sacrifices for sins in the same way for himself.
Berean Standard Bible
That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
Contemporary English Version
That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins and for the sins of others.
Complete Jewish Bible
Also, because of this weakness, he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as those of the people.
Darby Translation
and, on account of this [infirmity], he ought, even as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
Easy-to-Read Version
He offers sacrifices for their sins, but he must also offer sacrifices for his own sins.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And for the sames sake he is bound to offer for sinnes, as wel for his own part, as for ye peoples.
George Lamsa Translation
Because of these, he is obliged, just as he offers sacrifices for the people, likewise to offer for himself on account of his own sins.
Good News Translation
And because he is himself weak, he must offer sacrifices not only for the sins of the people but also for his own sins.
Lexham English Bible
and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins for himself also, as well as for the people.
Literal Translation
And because of this he ought to offer for sins as concerning the people, so also concerning himself.
Amplified Bible
and because of this [human weakness] he is required to offer sacrifices for sins, for himself as well as for the people.
American Standard Version
and by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
Bible in Basic English
And being feeble, he has to make sin-offerings for himself as well as for the people.
Hebrew Names Version
Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.
International Standard Version
For that reason he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for those of the people.Leviticus 4:3; 9:7; Hebrews 7:27; 9:7;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And on this account he is obligated as on the behalf of the people, so (also) for himself, to offer up for his sins.
Murdock Translation
And, therefore, he is obliged as for the people, so also for himself, to present an offering for his sins.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And for ye same [infirmitie] he is bounde to offer for sinnes, aswell for hym selfe, as for the people.
English Revised Version
and by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
World English Bible
Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And because hereof it behoveth him, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins.
Weymouth's New Testament
And for this reason he is required to offer sin-offerings not only for the people but also for himself.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And therfor he owith, as for the puple, so also for hym silf, to offre for synnes.
Update Bible Version
and by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
Webster's Bible Translation
And by reason of this he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
New English Translation
and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.
New King James Version
Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.
New Living Translation
That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as theirs.
New Life Bible
Because he is weak himself, he must give gifts to God for his own sins as well as for the sins of the people.
New Revised Standard
and because of this he must offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, for this cause, is he obliged - as for the people, so also, for himself, - to be offering for sins;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And therefore he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
Revised Standard Version
Because of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For the which infirmities sake he is bounde to offer for synnes as well for hys awne parte as for the peoples.
Young's Literal Translation
and because of this infirmity he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore is he bounde to offer for synnes, as well for him selfe as for ye people.
Mace New Testament (1729)
he is obliged to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for those of the people. besides, no man can assume
Simplified Cowboy Version
The trail guides before had to offer their own sacrifices for the mistakes they made as well.

Contextual Overview

1For every chief priest taken out of men is set in things [pertaining] to God in behalf of men, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins, 2being able to be gentle to those being ignorant and going astray, since he is also surrounded with weakness; 3and because of this [weakness] he ought, just as for the people, so also for himself, to bring forward [sacrifices] for sins;4and no one takes the honor to himself, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron. 5So also the Christ did not glorify Himself to become Chief Priest, but He who spoke to Him: "You are My Son, today I have begotten You"; 6just as He also says in another [place], "You [are] a priest throughout the age, according to the order of Melchizedek"; 7who in the days of His flesh having offered up both prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and having been heard in respect to that which He feared, 8though being a Son, [He] learned obedience by the things which He suffered, 9and having been made perfect, He became the cause of continuous salvation to all those obeying Him,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as: Hebrews 7:27, Hebrews 9:7, Exodus 29:12-19, Leviticus 4:3-12, Leviticus 8:14-21, Leviticus 9:7, Leviticus 16:6, Leviticus 16:15

Reciprocal: Leviticus 9:2 - a young Leviticus 9:15 - General Nehemiah 12:30 - themselves 1 Thessalonians 5:14 - be

Cross-References

Genesis 4:25
And Adam again knows his wife, and she bears a son, and calls his name Seth, "for God has appointed for me another seed instead of Abel": for Cain had slain him.
Genesis 5:2
a male and a female He has created them, and He blesses them, and calls their name Man, in the day of their being created.
Genesis 5:3
And Adam lives one hundred and thirty years [[or two hundred and thirty years]], and begets [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calls his name Seth.
Genesis 5:14
And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dies.
Genesis 5:16
And Mahalaleel lives after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years [[or seven hundred and thirty years]], and begets sons and daughters.
Job 14:4
Who gives a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
Job 25:4
And what? Is man righteous with God? And what? Is he pure—born of a woman?
Psalms 51:5
Behold, I have been brought forth in iniquity, || And my mother conceives me in sin.
Luke 1:35
And the messenger answering said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you, therefore also the holy-begotten thing will be called Son of God;
John 3:6
that which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And by reason hereof,.... Because of his sinful infirmity:

he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins; as he offered sacrifice for the sins of the people, so he was obliged to offer for his own sins; in this Christ differed from the high priest, for he had no sin of his own to offer for, Hebrews 7:27 but he had, and therefore offered for them, Leviticus 16:11 and made a confession of them: the form of which, as used on the day of atonement, was this;

"he put both his hands upon the bullock, and confessed, and thus he said: I beseech thee, O Lord, I have done wickedly, I have transgressed, I have sinned before thee, I and my house; I beseech thee, O Lord, pardon the iniquities, transgressions, and sins, which I have done wickedly, transgressed, and sinned before thee, I and my house.''

And this he did a second time on that day z.

z Misna Yoma, c. 3. sect. 8. & c. 4. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And by reason hereof - Because he is a sinner; an imperfect man. “As for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.” To make an expiation for sins. He needs the same atonement; he offers the sacrifice for himself which he does for others; Leviticus 9:7. The same thing is true of the ministers of religion now. They come before God feeling that they have need of the benefit of the same atonement which they preach to others; they plead the merits of the same blood for their own salvation which they show to be indispensable for the salvation of others.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 5:3. And by reason hereof — As he is also a transgressor of the commands of God, and unable to observe the law in its spirituality, he must offer sacrifices for sin, not only for the people, but for himself also: this must teach him to have a fellow feeling for others.


 
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