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Qualifications for High Priesthood

1 For every high priest taken from among men ais appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.  
2 He can1 have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to aweakness.  
3 Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for ahimself, to offer sacrifices for sins.  
4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as aAaron was.  

A Priest Forever

5 aSo also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
b“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”  
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Hebrews 5:3

And by reason hereof - Because he is a sinner; an imperfect man. "As for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins." To make an expiation for sins. He needs the same atonement; he offers the sacrifice for himself which he does for others; Leviticus 9:7. The same thing is true of the ministers of religion now. They come before God feeling that they have need of the benefit of the same atonement which they preach to others; they plead the merits of the same blood for their own salvation which they show to be indispensable for the salvation of others.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Hebrews 5:3:

Zechariah 3:2

 

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