Hebrews 10 · Verse 11

Hebrews 10:11

And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

Hebrews 10:11, King James Version

Hebrews 10:11 in other translations

BSB	Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
WEB	Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,
ASV	And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins:
YLT	and every priest, indeed, hath stood daily serving, and the same sacrifices many times offering, that are never able to take away sins.
DARBY	And every priest stands daily ministering, and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
BBE	And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins.
Webster	And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

What does Hebrews 10:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. And--a new point of contrast; the frequent repetition of the sacrifices. priest--The oldest manuscripts read, "high priest." Though he did not in person stand "daily" offering sacrifices, he did so by the subordinate priests of whom, as well as of all Israel, he was the representative head. So "daily" is applied to the high priests (He 7:27). standeth--the attitude of one ministering; in contrast to "sat down on the right hand of God," He 10:12, said of Christ; the posture of one being ministered to as a king. which--Greek, "the which," that is, of such a kind as. take away--utterly; literally, "strip off all round." Legal sacrifices might, in part, produce the sense of forgiveness, yet scarcely even that (see on He 10:4); but entirely to strip off one's guilt they never could.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 11. And every Priest standeth daily ministering. That is, this is done every day. It does not mean literally that every priest was daily concerned in offering sacrifices, for they took turns according to their courses, (Lk 1:5,) but that this was done each day, and that every priest was to take his regular place in doing it, Nu 28:3. The object of the apostle is to prove, that under the Jewish economy sacrifices were repeated constantly, showing their imperfection, but that under the Christian economy the great Sacrifice had been offered once, which was sufficient for all.

And offering oftentimes the same sacrifices. The same sacrifices were offered morning and evening every day.

Which can never take away sins. Heb 9:9; Heb 10:1.

(c) "daily" Nu 28:3 (d) "never take away" Ps 50:8-13, Is 1:11

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 11 Every priest standeth - The office of the Jewish priest is here compared with the office of our High Priest. The Jewish priest stands daily at the altar, like a servant ministering, repeating the same sacrifices; our High Priest offered himself once for all, and sat down at the right hand of God, as the only-begotten Son and Heir of all things, Heb 10:12. This continual offering argued the imperfection of the sacrifices. Our Lord's once offering, proves his was complete.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hebrews 10:11-18

Under the new covenant, or gospel dispensation, full and final pardon is to be had. This makes a vast difference between the new covenant and the old one. Under the old, sacrifices must be often repeated, and after all, only pardon as to this world was to be obtained by them. Under the new, one Sacrifice is enough to procure for all nations and ages, spiritual pardon, or being freed from punishment in the world to come. Well might this be called a new covenant. Let none suppose that human inventions can avail those who put them in the place of the sacrifice of the Son of God. What then remains, but that we seek an interest in this Sacrifice by faith; and the seal of it to our souls, by the sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience? So that by the law being written in our hearts, we may know that we are justified, and that God will no more remember our sins.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Hebrews 10:11 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532

πᾶςpaseveryG3956

μὲνmenindeedG3303

ἱερεὺςhi'ereuspriestG2409

ἕστηκενhestēkenhas stoodG2476

καθ᾽kath᾽everyG2596

ἡμέρανhēmerandayG2250

λειτουργῶνleitourgōnministeringG3008

καὶkaiandG2532

τὰςtastheG3588

αὐτὰςautassameG846

πολλάκιςpollakisrepeatedlyG4178

προσφέρωνprospherōnofferingG4374

θυσίας,thusiassacrifices,G2378

αἵτινεςaitineswhichG3748

οὐδέποτεoudepoteneverG3763

δύνανταιdunantaiare ableG1410

περιελεῖνperieleinto take awayG4014

ἁμαρτίας·hamartiassins;G266

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Cross references for Hebrews 10:11

Hebrews 10:4
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Hebrews 5:1
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:
Numbers 28:3
And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
Psalms 50:8-13
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. …
Hebrews 7:27
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.
Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Hebrews 10:1
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Luke 1:9-10
According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
Daniel 12:11
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Daniel 11:31
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
Daniel 9:27
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Daniel 8:11
Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

daily.
7:27; Ex 29:38,39; Nu 28:3,24; 29:6; Eze 45:4; Da 8:11; 9:21,27
Da 11:31; 12:11; Lu 1:9,10
which.
4; Ps 50:8-13; Isa 1:11

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Context

Hebrews 10:10
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:11
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
Hebrews 10:12
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

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Hebrews 10:11 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Así que, todo sacerdote se presenta cada día ministrando y ofreciendo muchas veces los mismos sacrificios, que nunca pueden quitar los pecados:
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	– Et tout sacrificateur se tient debout chaque jour, faisant le service et offrant souvent les mêmes sacrifices qui ne peuvent jamais ôter les péchés;
German Elberfelder 1871	Und jeder Priester steht täglich da, den Dienst verrichtend und oft dieselben Schlachtopfer darbringend, welche niemals Sünden hinwegnehmen können.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et omnis quidem sacerdos præsto est quotidie ministrans, et easdem sæpe offerens hostias, quæ numquam possunt auferre peccata: