Hebrews 5:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

Is ordained

Hebrews 8:3

For men

Hebrews 2:17

Both

Bible References

Is ordained

But every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so this high priest also must have some sacrifice to offer.

For men

And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.

Both

But every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so this high priest also must have some sacrifice to offer.

And all this looked toward the present time and was symbolic of the fact that the mere offering of material gifts and sacrifices cannot inwardly qualify the worshiper to approach God,

Every other priest stands officiating day after day, offering over and over again the same sacrifices, though they were powerless ever to remove people's sins.

Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.