New American Standard Bible 1995

Hebrews 5:1-6

1For every high priest 1taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in 2things pertaining to God, in order to 3offer both gifts and sacrifices 4for sins; 2 5 6he can deal gently with the 7ignorant and 8misguided, since he himself also is 9 10beset with weakness; 3and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices 11for sins, 12as for the people, so also for himself. 4And 13no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even 14as Aaron was.

5So also Christ 15did not glorify Himself so as to become a 16high priest, but He who 17said to Him, “18You are My Son, Today I have begotten You”; 6just as He says also in another passage, “19You are a priest forever According to 20the order of Melchizedek.”

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Notes

1. Hebrews 5:1 Ex 28:1 ↩
2. Hebrews 5:1 Heb 2:17 ↩
3. Hebrews 5:1 Heb 7:27; 8:3f; 9:9; 10:11 ↩
4. Hebrews 5:1 1 Cor 15:3; Heb 7:27; 10:12 ↩
5. Hebrews 5:2 Lit being able to ↩
6. Hebrews 5:2 Heb 2:18; 4:15 ↩
7. Hebrews 5:2 Eph 4:18; Heb 9:7 mg ↩
8. Hebrews 5:2 James 5:19; 1 Pet 2:25 ↩
9. Hebrews 5:2 Or subject to weakness ↩
10. Hebrews 5:2 Heb 7:28 ↩
11. Hebrews 5:3 1 Cor 15:3; Heb 7:27; 10:12 ↩
12. Hebrews 5:3 Lev 9:7; 16:6; Heb 7:27; 9:7 ↩
13. Hebrews 5:4 Num 16:40; 18:7; 2 Chr 26:18 ↩
14. Hebrews 5:4 Ex 28:1; 1 Chr 23:13 ↩
15. Hebrews 5:5 John 8:54 ↩
16. Hebrews 5:5 Heb 2:17; 5:10 ↩
17. Hebrews 5:5 Heb 1:1, 5 ↩
18. Hebrews 5:5 Ps 2:7 ↩
19. Hebrews 5:6 Ps 110:4; Heb 7:17 ↩
20. Hebrews 5:6 Heb 5:10; 6:20; 7:11, 17 ↩

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