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which are offered by the law; <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/10.htm">New King James Version</a> Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> After saying above, “SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND OFFERINGS FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE IN THEM” (which are offered according to the Law), <a href="/nasb/hebrews/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> After saying above, &#8220SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them&#8221 (which are offered according to the Law), <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> After saying above, “SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN THOU HAST NOT DESIRED, NOR HAST THOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them” (which are offered according to the Law), <a href="/lsb/hebrews/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> After saying above, “SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them” (which are offered according to the Law), <a href="/amp/hebrews/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> After saying [in the citation] above, “YOU HAVE NEITHER DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN DELIGHT IN SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN” (which are offered according to the Law) <a href="/csb/hebrews/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> After he says above, You did not desire or delight in sacrifices and offerings, whole burnt offerings and sin offerings (which are offered according to the law ), <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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), <a href="/asv/hebrews/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law), <a href="/cev/hebrews/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The Law teaches that offerings and sacrifices must be made because of sin. But why did Christ mention these things and say that God did not want them? <a href="/erv/hebrews/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law), <a href="/gwt/hebrews/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In this passage Christ first said, "You did not want sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin. You did not approve of them." (These are the sacrifices that Moses' Teachings require people to offer.) <a href="/gnt/hebrews/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> First he said, "You neither want nor are you pleased with sacrifices and offerings or with animals burned on the altar and the sacrifices to take away sins." He said this even though all these sacrifices are offered according to the Law. <a href="/isv/hebrews/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> In this passage he says, "You never wanted or took delight in sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sin offerings," which are offered according to the Law. <a href="/msb/hebrews/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In the passage above He says, ?Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them? (although they are offered according to the law). <a href="/net/hebrews/10.htm">NET Bible</a> When he says above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them" (which are offered according to the law), <a href="/nheb/hebrews/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire, nor took pleasure in" (which are offered according to the Law), <a href="/wbt/hebrews/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Above, when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt-offerings and offering for sin thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure in them; which are offered by the law; <a href="/wey/hebrews/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> After saying the words I have just quoted, "Sacrifices and offerings or whole burnt-offerings and sin-offerings Thou hast not desired or taken pleasure in" --all such being offered in obedience to the Law-- <a href="/web/hebrews/10.htm">World English Bible</a> Previously saying, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn’t desire, neither had pleasure in them” (those which are offered according to the law), <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> saying above, “Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering You did not will, nor delight in” (which are offered according to the Law), <a href="/blb/hebrews/10.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Saying above, "Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offerings for sin, You have not desired, nor have You delighted in" (which are offered according to the Law), <a href="/ylt/hebrews/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> saying above -- 'Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,' -- which according to the law are offered -- <a href="/slt/hebrews/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Farther back, saying, That sacrifice and bringing in and whole burnt offerings and for sin thou wouldest not, neither wert contented with; which are brought in according to law;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In saying before, Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin thou wouldest not, neither are they pleasing to thee, which are offered according to the law. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> In the above, by saying, “Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin, you did not want, nor are those things pleasing to you, which are offered according to the law; <a href="/nabre/hebrews/10.htm">New American Bible</a> First he says, “Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings, you neither desired nor delighted in.” These are offered according to the law. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law),<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Above when he said: Sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and offerings for sins, thou wouldst not, the very ones which were offered according to the law: <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/10.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Above, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings and burnt peace offerings for sins you did not want”; those that were offered were by The Written Law.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/10.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> After saying above, Thou didst neither desire, nor take pleasure in sacrifice and offering and whole burnt-offerings and offerings for sin, which are offered according to the law, <a href="/godbey/hebrews/10.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Saying above, that Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou didst not will, neither wast well pleased with; whatsoever are offered according to law; <a href="/haweis/hebrews/10.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Having said before that sacrifice, and oblation, and whole burnt-offerings and sin-offerings thou hast not chosen, nor takest pleasure in, (which are offered according to the law,) <a href="/mace/hebrews/10.htm">Mace New Testament</a> after having said, "victims, oblations, holocausts, and sacrifice for sin, thou wouldst not, neither hadst pleasure therein," tho' they are all prescrib'd by the law; <a href="/wey/hebrews/10.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> After saying the words I have just quoted, "Sacrifices and offerings or whole burnt-offerings and sin-offerings Thou hast not desired or taken pleasure in" --all such being offered in obedience to the Law-- <a href="/worrell/hebrews/10.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Saving above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt-offerings and offerings for sin," Thou didst not wish; neither hadst pleasure therein, which, indeed, are offered according to the law; <a href="/worsley/hebrews/10.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Having said before, "Thou didst not desire, nor hadst pleasure in, sacrifice and offering, and whole burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sin," (which are offered by the law) then He adds, <a href="/parallel/hebrews/10-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=1778" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/10.htm">Christ's Perfect Sacrifice</a> …7Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’ ” 8<a href="/greek/511.htm" title="511: Anōteron (Adj-ANS-C) -- Comparative degree of ano; upper, i.e. to a more conspicuous place, in a former part of the book.">In the passage above</a> <a href="/greek/3004.htm" title="3004: legōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. ">He says,</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because."></a> <a href="/greek/2378.htm" title="2378: Thysias (N-AFP) -- Abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering. From thuo; sacrifice.">“Sacrifices</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4376.htm" title="4376: prosphoras (N-AFP) -- An offering, sacrifice. From prosphero; presentation; concretely, an oblation or sacrifice.">offerings,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3646.htm" title="3646: holokautōmata (N-ANP) -- A whole burnt offering. From a derivative of a compound of holos and a derivative of kaio; a wholly-consumed sacrifice.">burnt offerings</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4012.htm" title="4012: peri (Prep) -- From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time."></a> <a href="/greek/266.htm" title="266: hamartias (N-GFS) -- From hamartano; a sin.">sin offerings</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/2309.htm" title="2309: ēthelēsas (V-AIA-2S) -- To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. ">You did not desire,</a> <a href="/greek/3761.htm" title="3761: oude (Conj) -- Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.">nor</a> <a href="/greek/2106.htm" title="2106: eudokēsas (V-AIA-2S) -- To be well-pleased, think it good, be resolved. From eu and dokeo; to think well of, i.e. Approve; specially, to approbate.">did You delight in them” </a> <a href="/greek/3748.htm" title="3748: haitines (RelPro-NFP) -- Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. ">(although</a> <a href="/greek/4374.htm" title="4374: prospherontai (V-PIM/P-3P) -- From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat.">they are offered</a> <a href="/greek/2596.htm" title="2596: kata (Prep) -- A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).">according to</a> <a href="/greek/3551.htm" title="3551: nomon (N-AMS) -- From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.">the law).</a> 9Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6-8</a> Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. / Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: / I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.” <a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Hebrews 9:9-10</a> It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. / They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform. <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a> For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5-6</a> The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” / Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises. <a href="/hebrews/7-18.htm">Hebrews 7:18-19</a> So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless / (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God. <a href="/hebrews/9-23.htm">Hebrews 9:23-24</a> So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. / For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God. <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Hebrews 10:5-7</a> Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. / Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” <a href="/hebrews/10-11.htm">Hebrews 10:11-12</a> Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. / But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. <a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3-4</a> For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh, / so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. <a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Galatians 3:24-25</a> So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. / Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. <a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a> Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a> But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-14</a> “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... <a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Jeremiah 7:22-23</a> For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. <a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a> With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin you would not, neither had pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Although</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Desired</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">gs</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Law</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-2.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-7.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-18.htm">Previously</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Quoted</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-3.htm">Required</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Sin-Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-6.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-13.htm">Words</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/11-11.htm">Although</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-16.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-17.htm">Desired</a> <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">gs</a> <a href="/genesis/26-10.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-28.htm">Law</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-12.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-11.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-38.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-9.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">Previously</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Quoted</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-18.htm">Required</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-11.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-17.htm">Sin-Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-2.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-33.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Words</a> <a href="/genesis/26-10.htm">Wouldest</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 10</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">The weakness of the law sacrifices.</a> 10. <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">The sacrifice of Christ's body once offered,</a> 14. <a href="/hebrews/10-14.htm">for ever has taken away sins.</a> 19. <a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">An exhortation to hold fast the faith with patience and thanksgiving.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hebrews/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hebrews/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>In the passage above He says This phrase refers to the preceding verses in Hebrews, specifically quoting <a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6-8</a>. The author of Hebrews often uses Old Testament scripture to demonstrate the fulfillment of prophecy and the superiority of Christ's sacrifice. The "He" in this context is understood to be Christ, emphasizing His divine authority and role as the ultimate revelation of God's will.“Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings These terms encompass the various types of sacrifices prescribed in the Mosaic Law, found in Leviticus and Numbers. Sacrifices and offerings were central to the Old Covenant, serving as a means for the Israelites to atone for sin and maintain a relationship with God. Burnt offerings were entirely consumed by fire, symbolizing total dedication to God, while sin offerings were specifically for atonement. This phrase highlights the comprehensive nature of the sacrificial system.You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” This statement underscores a key theological point: God’s ultimate desire is not in the ritualistic observance of the law but in obedience and a heart aligned with His will. This echoes the sentiments found in <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a> and <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11</a>, where God expresses that obedience is better than sacrifice. It points to the insufficiency of the Old Covenant sacrifices to fully reconcile humanity to God, paving the way for the necessity of Christ's perfect sacrifice.(although they are offered according to the law). This parenthetical note acknowledges that the sacrifices were indeed part of the divinely instituted law given to Moses. It affirms the legitimacy and divine origin of the law while simultaneously pointing out its limitations. The law served as a tutor leading to Christ (<a href="/galatians/3-24.htm">Galatians 3:24</a>), highlighting the need for a new covenant established through Jesus, who fulfills and transcends the law.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure of the New Testament, whose sacrifice is the ultimate fulfillment of the Old Testament sacrificial system. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a> Traditionally attributed to Paul, though the exact authorship is uncertain. The author writes to Jewish Christians to encourage them in their faith. 3. <a href="/topical/o/old_testament_sacrificial_system.htm">Old Testament Sacrificial System</a> The system of sacrifices and offerings prescribed in the Law of Moses, which included burnt offerings and sin offerings. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_law.htm">The Law</a> Refers to the Mosaic Law given to the Israelites, which included detailed instructions for sacrifices and offerings. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jewish_christians.htm">Jewish Christians</a> The original audience of the Book of Hebrews, who were familiar with the Jewish sacrificial system and needed encouragement to hold fast to their faith in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_desire.htm">Understanding God's Desire</a> God desires obedience and a heart aligned with His will more than ritualistic sacrifices. Our actions should stem from a genuine relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_in_christ.htm">Fulfillment in Christ</a> Jesus' sacrifice on the cross fulfills the requirements of the Law, rendering the old sacrificial system obsolete. Believers are called to live in the freedom and grace provided by His ultimate sacrifice. <a href="/topical/h/heart_over_ritual.htm">Heart Over Ritual</a> While religious practices are important, they should not replace a sincere and obedient heart. Evaluate your spiritual practices to ensure they reflect a true devotion to God. <a href="/topical/l/living_sacrifices.htm">Living Sacrifices</a> As believers, we are called to offer ourselves as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is our true and proper worship (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>). <a href="/topical/e/encouragement_in_faith.htm">Encouragement in Faith</a> The original audience of Hebrews faced challenges in maintaining their faith. We, too, must hold fast to our faith, especially in times of trial, knowing that Christ's sacrifice is sufficient.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) Above when he said.--Better, Whereas he saith above; or, as we might express it, "Saying at the outset," "Setting out with saying." In the following words the best MSS. have the plural, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and (sacrifices) for sin." The change from singular to plural is in harmony with the thought of <a href="/context/hebrews/10-1.htm" title="For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.">Hebrews 10:1-4</a>, the repetition of sacrifices.Which are offered by the law.--Rather, such as are offered according to law. The change from "the law" to "law" seems intentional, as if the writer had in thought the contrast between any external law of ritual and a principle of inward obedience.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 8-10. - Saying above that Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (such as are offered according to the Law); then hath he said, Lo, I come to do thy will; i.e. he has made this second assertion while making the first also. The purpose of thus putting it is to show the connection between the two assertions; that fulfillment of God's will is spoken of as a substitute for sacrifices, whose inutility in themselves had been declared. Yes; he taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. In the which will (the Divine will, willing our redemption through Christ, and perfectly fulfilled by him) we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. For the sense to be attached to the verb ἁγιάζω see under Hebrews 2:11. It is not our progressive sanctification by the Holy Ghost that is intended, but the hallowing effected for us once for all, as denoted by the perfect participle ἡγιασμένοι. The remainder of this concluding summary (vers. 11-19) serves to weave together the various threads of the foregoing argument and emphasize the result. <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/10-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[In the passage ] above Ἀνώτερον (Anōteron) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular - Comparative <a href="/greek/strongs_511.htm">Strong's 511: </a> Comparative degree of ano; upper, i.e. to a more conspicuous place, in a former part of the book. He says, λέγων (legōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3004.htm">Strong's 3004: </a> (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. “Sacrifices Θυσίας (Thysias) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2378.htm">Strong's 2378: </a> Abstr. and concr: sacrifice; a sacrifice, offering. From thuo; sacrifice. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. offerings, προσφορὰς (prosphoras) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4376.htm">Strong's 4376: </a> An offering, sacrifice. From prosphero; presentation; concretely, an oblation or sacrifice. burnt offerings ὁλοκαυτώματα (holokautōmata) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3646.htm">Strong's 3646: </a> A whole burnt offering. From a derivative of a compound of holos and a derivative of kaio; a wholly-consumed sacrifice. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. sin [offerings] ἁμαρτίας (hamartias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_266.htm">Strong's 266: </a> From hamartano; a sin. You did not desire, ἠθέλησας (ēthelēsas) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2309.htm">Strong's 2309: </a> To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. nor οὐδὲ (oude) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3761.htm">Strong's 3761: </a> Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. did You delight in [them]” εὐδόκησας (eudokēsas) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2106.htm">Strong's 2106: </a> To be well-pleased, think it good, be resolved. From eu and dokeo; to think well of, i.e. Approve; specially, to approbate. ([although] αἵτινες (haitines) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3748.htm">Strong's 3748: </a> Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. [they are] προσφέρονται (prospherontai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4374.htm">Strong's 4374: </a> From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat. required by κατὰ (kata) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_2596.htm">Strong's 2596: </a> A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). [the] Law). νόμον (nomon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3551.htm">Strong's 3551: </a> From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hebrews/10-8.htm">Hebrews 10:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-8.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 10:8 Previously saying Sacrifices and offerings and whole (Heb. 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