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thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer. <a href="/blb/hebrews/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices; wherefore it was necessary for this One also to have something that He might offer. <a href="/kjv/hebrews/8.htm">King James Bible</a> For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/8.htm">New King James Version</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. <a href="/amp/hebrews/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is essential for this One also to have something to offer. <a href="/csb/hebrews/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore, it was necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore it was necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. <a href="/asv/hebrews/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer. <a href="/cev/hebrews/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Since all priests must offer gifts and sacrifices, Christ also needed to have something to offer. <a href="/erv/hebrews/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer. <a href="/gwt/hebrews/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Every chief priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this chief priest had to offer something. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> Every high priest is appointed to present offerings and animal sacrifices to God, and so our High Priest must also have something to offer. <a href="/isv/hebrews/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this high priest had to offer something, too. <a href="/msb/hebrews/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer. <a href="/net/hebrews/8.htm">NET Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man should have somewhat also to offer. <a href="/wey/hebrews/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Every High Priest, however, is appointed to offer both bloodless gifts and sacrifices. Therefore this High Priest also must have some offering to present. <a href="/web/hebrews/8.htm">World English Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for every chief priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, from where [it is] necessary for this One to also have something that He may offer; <a href="/blb/hebrews/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices; wherefore it was necessary for this One also to have something that He might offer. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for every chief priest to offer both gifts and sacrifices is appointed, whence it is necessary for this one to have also something that he may offer; <a href="/slt/hebrews/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For every chief priest is appointed to bring in gifts and sacrifices also: wherefore it is necessary also for this to have something which he might bring.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, it is necessary for him also to have something to offer. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/8.htm">New American Bible</a> Now every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus the necessity for this one also to have something to offer. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, therefore it is necessary that this man have something to offer also. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For every High Priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and because of this it was right also for This One to have something to offer.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore, it is necessary that this one also have something which he may offer. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: whence it is necessary to have something even that which he may offer. <a href="/haweis/hebrews/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For every high-priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this person also have somewhat to offer. <a href="/mace/hebrews/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a> every high priest being establish'd to offer gifts and sacrifices: it was necessary that he likewise should make a peculiar offering, <a href="/wey/hebrews/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Every High Priest, however, is appointed to offer both bloodless gifts and sacrifices. Therefore this High Priest also must have some offering to present. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; wherefore, it is necessary that This One also have something which He may offer. <a href="/worsley/hebrews/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For every high-priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; wherefore it was necessary that He also should have something to offer. <a href="/parallel/hebrews/8-3.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=1259" 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/8.htm">Christ's Eternal Priesthood</a> …2and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man. 3<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">And since</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: Pas (Adj-NMS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">every</a> <a href="/greek/749.htm" title="749: archiereus (N-NMS) -- High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.">high priest</a> <a href="/greek/2525.htm" title="2525: kathistatai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- From kata and histemi; to place down, i.e. to designate, constitute, convoy.">is appointed</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4374.htm" title="4374: prospherein (V-PNA) -- From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat.">offer</a> <a href="/greek/5037.htm" title="5037: te (Conj) -- And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.">both</a> <a href="/greek/1435.htm" title="1435: dōra (N-ANP) -- A gift, present. A present; specially, a sacrifice.">gifts</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</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/3606.htm" title="3606: hothen (Conj) -- From hos with the directive enclitic of source; from which place or source or cause.">it was</a> <a href="/greek/316.htm" title="316: anankaion (Adj-NNS) -- Necessary, essential, intimate, right, proper. From anagke; necessary; by implication, close.">necessary</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: touton (DPro-AMS) -- This; he, she, it. ">for this One</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">also</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echein (V-PNA) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">to have</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: ti (IPro-ANS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">something</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ho (RelPro-ANS) -- Who, which, what, that. "></a> <a href="/greek/4374.htm" title="4374: prosenenkē (V-ASA-3S) -- From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat.">to offer.</a> 4Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.…<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="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Hebrews 5:1</a> Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. <a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Hebrews 9:9</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. <a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12</a> He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a> 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/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="/hebrews/10-18.htm">Hebrews 10:18</a> And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed. <a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a> Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself. <a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm">Hebrews 9:24</a> 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/9-25.htm">Hebrews 9:25</a> Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. <a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1</a> For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. <a href="/leviticus/16-6.htm">Leviticus 16:6</a> Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household. <a href="/leviticus/16-11.htm">Leviticus 16:11</a> When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering. <a href="/leviticus/16-15.htm">Leviticus 16:15</a> Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. <a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Exodus 29:36</a> Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it. <a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">Exodus 29:38-42</a> This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old. / Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight. / With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: why it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.serve.<a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Hebrews 5:1</a> 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:<a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a> Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.have.<a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a> How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?<a href="/hebrews/10-9.htm">Hebrews 10:9-12</a> Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second… <a href="/john/6-51.htm">John 6:51</a> I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/7-23.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-4.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-1.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hence</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-1.htm">High</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-13.htm">However</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-12.htm">Necessary</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Necessity</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Ordained</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-8.htm">Present</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-1.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/philemon/1-16.htm">Something</a> <a href="/galatians/2-6.htm">Somewhat</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Whence</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-21.htm">Authority</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-4.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-18.htm">Hence</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-7.htm">High</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm">However</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-16.htm">Necessary</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-16.htm">Necessity</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-4.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-4.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-4.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-6.htm">Ordained</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-4.htm">Present</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-4.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-40.htm">Something</a> <a href="/revelation/2-4.htm">Somewhat</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-18.htm">Whence</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-18.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 8</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/8-1.htm">By the eternal priesthood of Christ the Levitical priesthood of Aaron is overshadowed;</a> 7. <a href="/hebrews/8-7.htm">and replaced by the new covenant of the Gospel.</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/8.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/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And since every high priest is appointed The role of the high priest in ancient Israel was established by God through the Mosaic Law. The high priest was appointed to serve as a mediator between God and the people, performing sacred duties in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple. This appointment was not a matter of personal ambition but a divine calling, as seen in the selection of Aaron and his descendants (<a href="/exodus/28.htm">Exodus 28:1</a>). The high priest's role was crucial in maintaining the covenant relationship between God and Israel.to offer both gifts and sacrifices, The high priest's duties included offering gifts and sacrifices, which were central to the worship and atonement practices in Israel. Gifts often referred to offerings of gratitude or devotion, such as grain offerings, while sacrifices typically involved the shedding of blood for atonement, as outlined in Leviticus. These offerings were a foreshadowing of the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, who fulfilled and surpassed the Old Testament sacrificial system (<a href="/hebrews/10.htm">Hebrews 10:1-10</a>).it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer. This phrase highlights the necessity of Christ's offering, drawing a parallel between the high priest's duties and Jesus' role as the ultimate High Priest. Unlike the Levitical priests, who offered repeated sacrifices, Jesus offered Himself once for all (<a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a>). His sacrifice was not only necessary but sufficient, fulfilling the requirements of the Law and establishing a new covenant (<a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-14</a>). This offering was prophesied in the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>, where the suffering servant is depicted as a sacrificial offering for sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/high_priest.htm">High Priest</a> In the context of Hebrews, the high priest is a key figure in the Jewish religious system, responsible for offering sacrifices to God on behalf of the people. The high priest serves as a mediator between God and humanity. 2. <a href="/topical/g/gifts_and_sacrifices.htm">Gifts and Sacrifices</a> These are offerings made to God, which in the Old Testament were part of the Levitical system. They symbolize atonement and worship. 3. <a href="/topical/t/this_one.htm">This One</a> Refers to Jesus Christ, who is presented in Hebrews as the ultimate High Priest, surpassing the Levitical priesthood. 4. <a href="/topical/l/levitical_priesthood.htm">Levitical Priesthood</a> The priestly system established under the Law of Moses, which required continual sacrifices for the atonement of sins. 5. <a href="/topical/n/new_covenant.htm">New Covenant</a> The context of <a href="/bsb/hebrews/8.htm">Hebrews 8</a> discusses the New Covenant, which is established through Jesus Christ, offering a more excellent ministry than the old covenant.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_high_priest.htm">The Role of the High Priest</a> Understand the historical role of the high priest in the Jewish faith and how it points to the need for a mediator between God and humanity. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_as_the_ultimate_high_priest.htm">Jesus as the Ultimate High Priest</a> Recognize Jesus as the fulfillment of the high priestly role, offering Himself as the perfect sacrifice once for all. <a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_sacrifice.htm">The Necessity of Sacrifice</a> Reflect on the necessity of sacrifice for atonement and how Jesus' sacrifice fulfills and surpasses the old sacrificial system. <a href="/topical/l/living_under_the_new_covenant.htm">Living Under the New Covenant</a> Embrace the New Covenant established by Jesus, which offers a direct relationship with God through His sacrifice. <a href="/topical/w/worship_and_gratitude.htm">Worship and Gratitude</a> Cultivate a heart of worship and gratitude for the sacrifice of Jesus, understanding its significance for our salvation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 8</a> <a href="/q/how_do_old_and_new_covenants_differ.htm">How do the Old and New Covenants differ?</a> <a href="/q/is_the_law_of_moses_eternal.htm">Is the Law of Moses eternal? (Psalm 119:160 vs. Hebrews 8:13)</a> <a href="/q/why_is_the_new_covenant_better_in_hebrews.htm">In Hebrews 8:6-7, how is the new covenant truly 'better,' and why would God establish an 'imperfect' first covenant in the first place?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_the_burnt_altar_important.htm">Why is the altar of burnt offering significant?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) This verse and the three following confirm and illustrate the importance of the statement just made. The general course of thought appears to be as follows:--That which stands "at the head" of what we are saying, and gives completeness to the whole, is, that we have a High Priest who ministers in heaven itself (<a href="/context/hebrews/8-1.htm" title="Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;">Hebrews 8:1-2</a>). For, whereas the very conception of high-priestly duty would, were He on earth, exclude Him from being a priest at all (<a href="/context/hebrews/8-3.htm" title="For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: why it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.">Hebrews 8:3-4</a>), like those who "serve a copy of the heavenly things" (<a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm" title="Who serve to the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, said he, that you make all things according to the pattern showed to you in the mount.">Hebrews 8:5</a>), He in heaven holds and exercises that more excellent ministry of which their service was a shadow and a type (<a href="/hebrews/8-6.htm" title="But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.">Hebrews 8:6</a>).That this man have . . .--Better, that this High Priest also have somewhat to offer. If these words refer to the continued ministration in the heavenly sanctuary, the explanation is found in <a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm" title="For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:">Hebrews 9:24</a>; but the meaning may simply be that every high priest, and therefore the Lord Jesus, must have some sacrifice to present to God, this being (<a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm" title="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:">Hebrews 5:1</a>) the very object of his appointment to the office. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 3, 4. - For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this one also have somewhat to offer. For (rather, nay; the reading μὲν οῦν being better supported than the Textus Receptus μὲν γὰρ) if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law. These verses are in proof of the assertion of ver. 2, viz. that Christ has his ministry in the heavenly tabernacle. He has been shown to be a High Priest: therefore he must make some offering, this being the very purpose of a high priest's office (cf. <a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Hebrews 5:1</a>). But where? Not certainly in the earthly tabernacle, this being served already, and exclusively served, by the sons of Aaron. Therefore it must be in the heavenly sphere symbolized by the earthly tabernacle. And then, in ver. 5, that there is a heavenly reality, of which the earthly tabernacle is but a shadow, is shown by what was said of the latter when it was made. (What Christ offers in the heavenly sphere is surely his own atoning sacrifice. Some commentators have found a difficulty in this conception on the ground that this his sacrifice had been completed once for all before his ascension. True; but he is regarded as carrying its efficacy with him to the mercy-seat above, and so for ever offering it; even as it is continually commemorated and pleaded in the Eucharist by the Church below. And thus, be it observed, the symbolism of the Day of Atonement is accurately fulfilled. For the high priest did not sacrifice within the tabernacle; he only carried to the holy of holies the blood, representing the atoning efficacy of the sacrifice made outside before his entrance.) <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/8-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And since γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. every Πᾶς (Pas) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. high priest ἀρχιερεὺς (archiereus) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_749.htm">Strong's 749: </a> High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest. is appointed καθίσταται (kathistatai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2525.htm">Strong's 2525: </a> From kata and histemi; to place down, i.e. to designate, constitute, convoy. to εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. offer προσφέρειν (prospherein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_4374.htm">Strong's 4374: </a> From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat. both τε (te) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_5037.htm">Strong's 5037: </a> And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also. gifts δῶρά (dōra) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1435.htm">Strong's 1435: </a> A gift, present. A present; specially, a sacrifice. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. 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. [it was] ὅθεν (hothen) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3606.htm">Strong's 3606: </a> From hos with the directive enclitic of source; from which place or source or cause. necessary ἀναγκαῖον (anankaion) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_316.htm">Strong's 316: </a> Necessary, essential, intimate, right, proper. From anagke; necessary; by implication, close. [for] this One τοῦτον (touton) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. also καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. to have ἔχειν (echein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. something τι (ti) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. to offer. προσενέγκῃ (prosenenkē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4374.htm">Strong's 4374: </a> From pros and phero; to bear towards, i.e. Lead to, tender, treat. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-3.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 8:3 For every high priest is appointed (Heb. 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