Hebrews 9:7

Hebrews 9:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
• New International Version (NIV)But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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 unintentional sins of the people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance;

Context of Hebrews 9:7

5The cherubim of glory were above the ark overshadowing the mercy seat. It is not possible to speak about these things in detail right now. 6With these things prepared like this, the priests enter the first room repeatedly, performing their ministry. But the high priest alone enters the second room, and he does that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. 8The Holy Spirit was making it clear that the way into the most holy place had not yet been disclosed while the first tabernacle was still standing. 9This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper’s conscience.

Hebrews 9:7 word by word

εἰς δὲ τὴν δευτέραν ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ μόνος ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς οὐ χωρὶς αἵματος ὃ προσφέρει ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ ἀγνοημάτων·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the secondδεύτεροςdeuteros · secondlyG1208
• the high priestὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the high priestἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• aloneμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
• onceἅπαξhapax · onceG530
• every yearἐνιαυτόςeniautos · yearG1763
• notοὐou · noG3756
• withoutχωρίςchōris · withoutG5565
• bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• he offeredπροσφέρωprospherō · to bring toG4374
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the errorsἀγνόημαagnoēma · errorG51
• of the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992

Cross-references for Hebrews 9:7

• Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that he might now appear in the presence of God for us.
• Exodus 30:10“Once a year Aaron is to perform the atonement ceremony for the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the atonement ceremony for it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement on the horns. The altar is especially holy to the Lord.”
• Leviticus 16:2The Lord said to Moses, “Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place behind the curtain in front of the mercy seat on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
• Hebrews 5:3Because of this, he must make an offering for his own sins as well as for the people.
• Hebrews 7:27He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do — first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all time when he offered himself.
• Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus —
• Leviticus 5:18He must bring an unblemished ram from the flock according to your assessment of its value as a guilt offering to the priest. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the error he has committed unintentionally, and he will be forgiven.
• 2 Samuel 6:7Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there next to the ark of God.
• 2 Chronicles 33:9So Manasseh caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to stray so that they did worse evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.
• Psalms 19:12Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
• Psalms 95:10For forty years I was disgusted with that generation; I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know my ways.”
• Isaiah 3:12Youths oppress my people, and women rule over them. My people, your leaders mislead you; they confuse the direction of your paths.
• Isaiah 9:16The leaders of the people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
• Isaiah 28:7Even these stagger because of wine and stumble under the influence of beer: Priest and prophet stagger because of beer. They are confused by wine. They stumble because of beer. They are muddled in their visions. They stumble in their judgments.
• Isaiah 29:14Therefore, I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise will vanish, and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden.
• Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray; they act promiscuously in disobedience to their God.

Commentaries on Hebrews 9:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7But into the second - That is, the holy of holies, or second part of the tabernacle, the high priest alone, once every year, that is, on one day in the year only, which was the day on which the general atonement was made. The high priest could enter into this place only on one day in the year; but on that day he might enter several times. See Lev. 16. Not without blood - The day prescribed by the law for this great solemnity was the tenth of the month…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7But into the second - The second apartment or room, called the most holy place; Hebrews 9:3. Went the high priest alone once every year - On the great day of atonement; Exodus 30:10. On that day he probably entered the Holy of Holies three or four times, first to burn incense, Leviticus 16:12; then to sprinkle the blood of the bullock on the mercy-seat, Leviticus 16:14; then he was to kill the goat of the sin-offering, and bring that blood within the Veil…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 The apostle goes on to speak of the Old Testament services. Christ, having undertaken to be our High Priest, could not enter into heaven till he had shed his blood for us; and none of us can enter, either into God's gracious presence here, or his glorious presence hereafter, but by the blood of Jesus. Sins are errors, great errors, both in judgment and practice; and who can understand all his errors? They leave guilt upon the conscience, not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Each year on the Day of Atonement, the high priest offered sacrifices for sins not covered by other sacrifices from the past year (Leviticus 16:1–25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. once every year--the tenth day of the seventh month. He entered within the veil on that day twice at least. Thus "once" means here on the one occasion only. The two, or possibly more, entrances on that one day were regarded as parts of the one whole. not without blood--(He 8:3). offered--Greek, "offers." errors--Greek, "ignorances": "inadvertent errors." They might have known, as the law was clearly promulged, and they were bound to study it; so that…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 9:7

• Atonement
• Blood
• Offerings
• Priest
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Tabernacle
• Types
• Works

In the dictionaries

• High priest
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• Atonement, Day of

Commentaries on Hebrews 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings