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Hebrews 7:27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Hebrews 7:27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
27 He has no need, as did the high priests, to offer sacrifice day after day,[a](A) first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did that once for all when he offered himself.
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- 7:27 Such daily sacrifice is nowhere mentioned in the Mosaic law; only on the Day of Atonement is it prescribed that the high priest must offer sacrifice…for his own sins and then for those of the people (Lv 16:11–19). Once for all: this translates the Greek words ephapax/hapax that occur eleven times in Hebrews.
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