'High priest' in the Bible

Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

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

For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

So also Christ did not exalt himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, "You are my son, today I have begotten you";

being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

where Jesus has entered as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; and so it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.

But into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, he entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation.

Nor was it that he should offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood not his own.

For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.