Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Alone (monov). Predicate adjective with o arxiereuv.
Once in the year (apac tou eniautou). Once for each year (not pote, at any time) with genitive of time.
Not without blood (ou xwriv aimatov). According to Leviticus 16:14 f. Not even he could enter the second tent (Holy of Holies) without blood.
The errors of the people (twn tou laou agnohmatwn). Late word from agnoew, not to know (Hebrews 5:2), only here in the N.T., but in LXX, papyri, and inscriptions where a distinction is drawn between errors (agnohmata) and crimes (armarthmata). In Genesis 43:12 agnohma is "an oversight." But these sins of ignorance (agnohmata) were sins and called for atonement. See Hebrews 10:26 for wilful sinning.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Hebrews 9:7:
John 16:2
1 Corinthians 3:2
Hebrews 4:14
Hebrews 6:4
Hebrews 8:1
Hebrews 8:3
Hebrews 9:12
Hebrews 10:19
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