Hebrews 10:4

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Summary

Hebrews 10:4

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Not

Take

General references

Leviticus 16:14

Numbers 19:21

Psalm 50:9

Bible References

Not

After He says above, You did not want or delight in sacrifices and offerings, whole burnt offerings and sin offerings (which are offered according to the law),

This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper’s conscience.

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.

You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;
You are not pleased with a burnt offering.

“What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.

One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol—
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices.

What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba
or sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;
your sacrifices do not please Me.

This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices, and eat the meat yourselves,

For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.

What should I bring before the Lord

when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?

And to love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Take

Take words of repentance with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin
and accept what is good,
so that we may repay You
with praise from our lips.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

And this will be My covenant with them

when I take away their sins.

You know that He was revealed so that He might take away sins,

and there is no sin in Him.

General references

He is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger against the east side of the mercy seat; then he will sprinkle some of the blood with his finger before the mercy seat seven times.

This is a permanent statute for them. The person who sprinkles the water for impurity is to wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening.

I will not accept a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,