...is preserved through the whole of the Levitical law, and is particularly noticed by an apostle : " For every high priest taken from among men is ordained...he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins," Heb. v, 1. The gifts which the apostle here mentions were undoubtedly the meat-offerings, the drink-offerings,...

...Law was but a figure: we know, that whosoever bears this office is taken from among men of the V. 1. For every high priest taken from among men is ordained...that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins : same mould and composition with themselves, and that he is ordained for the behoof and benefit of...

...sense than this —in expiation of our »ins ; as in the fifth chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews; " Every high priest taken from among men, is ordained...he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins." But the concluding words of the text are quite decisive, ae to the sense in which Jesus Christ is declared,...

...Christ's stead, be ye reconciled tp God." 2 Cor. 5 : 20. But the work of a priest he defines thus : " For every high priest taken from among men is ordained...God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sin." Heb. 5:1. Furthermore, Jehovah expressly and repeatedly calls the sacerdotal oflico a ministering...

...suing to our bountiful God, for a supply of all our necessities. V. 1 . For erery high priest tali-en from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining...that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins : For Christ is indeed a perfect High Priest ; of whom the high priest under the Law was but a figure...

...exists, I cannot agree with the gentleman, for St. Paul says, thirty years after Christ's ascension, "For every high priest taken from among men, is ordained for men, in the things that appertain to God, that he may offer up gifts and sacrifices for sin. Who can have compassion...

...was necessary for Him to be incarnate in the Sesh. We see this same truth presented in Hebrews 5:1: "For every high priest taken from among men is ordained...he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins." The Apostle is emphasizing here a principle that before one can represent another, there must be an...

...presence of God, and therefore looked in a Godward direction. The writer of Hehrews expresses it thus: "For every high priest, taken from among men, is ordained for men in things pertaining to God" 5:1. This statement contains the following elements: (1l The priest is taken from among men, is one...

...differentiates the high priest from other men, 'For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins' (Heb. 5:1); 'every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices' (Heb. 8:3). The sacrificial...

...(5:1-7:28). 1. Prerequisites for a priest (5:1-4). 1 For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also beset...