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Hebrews 13:10-12
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Hebrews 13:10-12
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10 Jesus Christ is the sacrifice that saves us. Jewish priests do not have the authority to receive anything from his sacrifice. 11 In the old agreement, the leader of the priests brings the blood from the animal sacrifices into the Most Holy Place. He does that so that God will forgive the sins of the people. But they take the bodies of those animals away from there. They burn them outside the town.[a] 12 In the same way, Jesus also died outside the city.[b] He died as a sacrifice on our behalf. His blood has made his people clean from their sins.
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- 13:11 Jewish priests could eat some of the meat from animals that people brought as sacrifices. See Leviticus 6:26,29; 7:6-7. But Jesus' sacrifice was not like that. It was a special sacrifice to take away sins. See Leviticus 6:30; 16:27. The priests did not have authority to eat any meat from that kind of sacrifice. Only people who trust Jesus will receive anything from his sacrifice.
- 13:12 They killed Jesus outside the city of Jerusalem. See John 19:20. The Israelites thought that a place ‘outside the city’ was a dirty place. It was a place where people were ashamed to go.
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