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Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings.[a] For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals,[b] which have never benefited those who participated in them. 10 We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from. 11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings[c] into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:9 tn Grk “by diverse and strange teachings.”
  2. Hebrews 13:9 tn Grk “foods,” referring to the meals associated with the OT sacrifices (see the contrast with the next verse; also 9:9-10; 10:1, 4, 11).
  3. Hebrews 13:11 tn Grk “whose blood is brought by the high priest.”