Hebrews 13:10-13

Paul is referring to Jesus' crucifixion taking place outside the camp. Now what is meant by "outside the camp" and "outside the gate"? Those two terms are describing the same general area of Jerusalem.

So the Hebrews 13:10-13 reference to the Tabernacle and the Temple then meant that Jesus' crucifixion took place beyond the Holy of Holies, beyond the Holy Place, and beyond the edge of the circle, because He had to be crucified outside the camp.

What this leads to is this: the camp had its own dimensions. Jerusalem was a very small city by American standards. The boundaries of the camp of Israel went considerably beyond the stone walls of Jerusalem. Notice that Paul said there was an altar there on which sin offerings were burned and from which Christians have a right to eat that the Jews of his day did not have. Paul is referring to the general area in which the Miphkad altar was located. You might understand now that the Miphkad altar was outside that circle too.

Hebrews 13:10-16

Here we have the whole picture set out for us. We have been accorded a special right, privilege, and place before God, because we have been allowed to come under the blood of Jesus Christ, that great sacrifice for sin. We have been called to follow Him, and to be separate from this world, but this entails sacrifice on our part, too.

This comes in two forms, according to Paul as he set it out above. The first is continual praise and thanksgiving to God for His marvelous works on our behalf. And the second is that we are sacrificing ourselves for others, particularly our brethren; doing good, and sharing as Christ gave us the example. And if we do these things—loving God, and loving neighbor—we will please Him.

Hebrews 13:10-14

There is a definite division between us and the unconverted, and he uses the idea of the church versus Judaism. Judaism in this case stands for the world, and Jesus repudiated Judaism, and was sacrificed outside the city of Jerusalem, which in this case stands for the Judaistic system. So Paul says, "Let us go where Christ went, and repudiate that system from which we're coming out," or supposedly have come out. So, let us leave the world.