Hebrews 13:11 Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

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New International Version
The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.

New Living Translation
Under the old system, the high priest brought the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, and the bodies of the animals were burned outside the camp.

English Standard Version
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.

Berean Standard Bible
Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

Berean Literal Bible
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought for sin into the holy places by the high priest are burned outside the camp.

King James Bible
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

New King James Version
For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.

New American Standard Bible
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the Holy Place by the high priest as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.

NASB 1995
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.

NASB 1977
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.

Legacy Standard Bible
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.

Amplified Bible
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.

Christian Standard Bible
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the most holy place by the high priest as a sin offering are burned outside the camp.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the most holy place by the high priest as a sin offering are burned outside the camp.

American Standard Version
For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned without the camp.

Contemporary English Version
After the high priest offers the blood of animals as a sin offering, the bodies of those animals are burned outside the camp.

English Revised Version
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned without the camp.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The chief priest brings the blood of animals into the holy place as an offering for sin. But the bodies of those animals were burned outside the Israelite camp.

Good News Translation
The Jewish high priest brings the blood of the animals into the Most Holy Place to offer it as a sacrifice for sins; but the bodies of the animals are burned outside the camp.

International Standard Version
For the bodies of animals, whose blood is taken into the sanctuary by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.

Majority Standard Bible
Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

NET Bible
For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.

New Heart English Bible
For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

Weymouth New Testament
For the bodies of those animals of which the blood is carried by the High Priest into the Holy place as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.

World English Bible
For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
for of those beasts whose blood is brought for sin into the holy places through the chief priest—of these the bodies are burned outside the camp.

Berean Literal Bible
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought for sin into the holy places by the high priest are burned outside the camp.

Young's Literal Translation
for of those beasts whose blood is brought for sin into the holy places through the chief priest -- of these the bodies are burned without the camp.

Smith's Literal Translation
For of whom the blood of the living ones is brought for sin into the holies by the chief priest, the bodies of these are burned without the camp.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the holies by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is carried into the Holy of holies by the high priest, on behalf of sin, are burned outside the camp.

New American Bible
The bodies of the animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as a sin offering are burned outside the camp.

New Revised Standard Version
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
For the flesh of the beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, is burned outside the camp.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For the flesh of these animals, whose blood The High Priest brought to The Holy Place for the sake of sins, was burned outside of the camp.

NT Translations

Anderson New Testament
For the bodies of those animals whose blood, shed for sin, is carried by the high priest into the holiest, are burned with out the camp.

Godbey New Testament
For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is shed by the high priest in the sanctuary for sin, are utterly burnt up outside of the camp.

Haweis New Testament
For the bodies of those beasts are burnt without the camp, whose blood for a sin offering is brought into the holy of holies by the high-priest.

Mace New Testament
than the sacrificers had to eat of the flesh of those beasts, which were burnt without the camp, and whose blood the highpriest carried into the sanctuary.

Weymouth New Testament
For the bodies of those animals of which the blood is carried by the High Priest into the Holy place as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.

Worrell New Testament
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the holy place through the priest as an offering for sin, are burned without the camp.

Worsley New Testament
As the bodies of those animals, whose blood being offered for sin is brought into the holy place by the high-priest, are not eaten, but are burnt without the camp.

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Context

Christ's Unchanging Nature
…10We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.…

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Cross References

Leviticus 16:27
The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.

Exodus 29:14
But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 4:12
all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.

Leviticus 6:30
But no sin offering may be eaten if its blood has been brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it must be burned.

Leviticus 9:11
But he burned up the flesh and the hide outside the camp.

Numbers 19:3
Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

John 19:17
Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

Matthew 27:33
And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,

Mark 15:22
They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull.

Luke 23:33
When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.

John 19:20
Many of the Jews read this sign, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

John 19:41
Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.

Hebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

Hebrews 9:13
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

Hebrews 9:25
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

Treasury of Scripture

For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

the bodies.

Exodus 29:14
But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 4:5-7,11,12,16-21
And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: …

Leviticus 6:30
And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

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Hebrews 13

1. Various admonitions as to love;
4. to honest life;
5. to avoid covetousness;
7. to regard God's preachers;
9. to take heed of strange doctrines;
10. to confess Christ;
16. to give alms;
17. to obey governors;
18. to pray for the apostles.
20. The conclusion.

Berean Study Bible

For the bodies of those animals
This phrase refers to the sacrificial system established in the Old Testament, particularly in Leviticus. The "bodies of those animals" were the physical remains of the sacrifices offered for sin. In the Hebrew tradition, these animals, often bulls or goats, were central to the atonement rituals. The Greek word for "bodies" (σώματα, sōmata) emphasizes the physicality and mortality of the sacrifices, contrasting with the eternal and spiritual nature of Christ's sacrifice.

whose blood is brought into the Most Holy Place
The "Most Holy Place" refers to the innermost part of the Tabernacle or Temple, where the presence of God dwelt. Only the high priest could enter this sacred space, and only once a year on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), as described in Leviticus 16. The blood of the sacrificial animals was a crucial element in the atonement process, symbolizing purification and the covering of sin. The Greek term for "brought" (εἰσφέρεται, eispheretai) indicates a deliberate and sacred action, highlighting the solemnity of the ritual.

by the high priest
The high priest held the highest religious office in ancient Israel, serving as the mediator between God and the people. This role was a foreshadowing of Christ, our ultimate High Priest, who mediates a new covenant. The high priest's duties, including the offering of sacrifices, were a temporary measure pointing to the perfect and eternal priesthood of Jesus.

as a sin offering
The sin offering was a specific type of sacrifice outlined in Levitical law, intended to atone for unintentional sins and cleanse the people from impurity. The Hebrew term for sin offering, "חַטָּאת" (chatat), conveys the idea of purification and reconciliation with God. This offering prefigures Christ's ultimate sacrifice, which provides complete atonement for sin.

are burned outside the camp
Burning the remains of the sin offering "outside the camp" was a practice that signified the removal of sin and impurity from the community. This act of separation underscores the holiness required by God and the seriousness of sin. In a broader theological context, this foreshadows Christ's crucifixion outside the city walls of Jerusalem, symbolizing His bearing of our sins and the reproach He endured for our sake. The Greek word for "burned" (κατακαίεται, katakaietai) implies complete consumption, reflecting the totality of Christ's sacrifice for our redemption.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 11, 12. - For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the High Priest for sin (i.e. as sin offerings; for this sense of περὶ ἁμαρτίας, cf. Hebrews 10:6), are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate. The allusion is to the sin offerings on the Day of Atonement - the bullock for the high priest, and the goat for the people. Of the flesh of some sacrifices of ordinary peace offerings - the people ate, being themselves "partakers of the altar;" that of ordinary sin offerings was partaken of by the priests alone: but the special sin offerings of the great day, which typified complete atonement, and the blood of which alone was taken into the holiest of all, were consumed entirely by fire without the camp, and not even the priests might eat of them (Leviticus 16:27, etc.). This part of the ceremonial, not mentioned in Hebrews 9, completed the symbolism of the Day of Atonement. It not only typified (together with the other goat that was set free) the entire removal of sin from the congregation; it also signified that the Law itself made none, not even the priests, partakers in such complete atonement. Christ fulfilled the first significance of this type by suffering "without the gate;" the Jews, in casting him out from their midst, were the unconscious instruments of his so fulfilling it; he thus bare and took away the sins of all outside the holy city which represented the Israel of God. But further, in him is supplied what under the Law was wanting; for of him, the true Sin Offering, we may all partake: he declared this himself when he spoke of our caring his flesh and drinking his blood - in which words the mention of the blood as well as of the flesh is peculiarly significant; for of the blood, which was "given upon the altar to make atonement for sins" (Leviticus 17:11), none might in any case under the Law partake; but of him we even drink the blood, in token that atonement is completed, and that we are now full partakers in all its benefits. The only seeming discrepancy between the type and the Antitype, as above set forth, is in the order of the different parts of the old ceremonial. The sin offering was slain in the camp before it was burnt outside, whereas Christ fulfilled both these parts of the type by one act upon the cross outside. Again, the blood of the sin offering was taken into the holy of holies before the body was consumed by fire outside, whereas Christ entered the heavenly sanctuary "with his own blood" after he had suffered "without the gate." But the general significance of the symbolism in its several parts is not thus disturbed; it is viewed as a whole, and all parts of it are found to be fulfilled. In saying, "we have an altar," and implying that we eat of it, the writer has surely the Eucharist in view, though it does not follow that θυσιαστήριον means definitely the table on which it is celebrated. He may, as some explain, have especially in his mind the cross on which the sacrifice was once for all completed; or he may have had no definite local image before him, seeing rather (as elsewhere in the Epistle) in spiritual realities and relations the counterparts of the Levitical symbols. But that the Holy Communion is alluded to, even if it were not apparent here, might be concluded from 1 Corinthians 10:14-22, where similar phrases are used with distinct reference to it. There St. Paul is dissuading from participation in heathen sacrificial feasts, as being inconsistent with partaking of the Holy Communion; and he says in this connection, "Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices (ἐσθίοντες τὰς θυσίας) partakers of the altar (κοινωνοὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου)?" It is evident that "partakers of the Lord's table" (ver. 21) are regarded as being thereby partakers of the Christian altar, of which mention is made in the text before us. It may be observed that the use here of the word θυσιαστηρίον may be held to justify - and this without implying any actual repetition of the one accomplished sacrifice - the application of the term "altar" to the table on which the Eucharist is celebrated, as does 1 Corinthians 10:21 the term "the Lord's table." Both terms were so applied from very early times. The holy tables in our churches are altars, in that on them is continually commemorated and pleaded the one sacrifice of the cross, and that from them the spiritual food of the body and blood is given to the faithful.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

[Although]
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

high priest
ἀρχιερέως (archiereōs)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.

brings
εἰσφέρεται (eispheretai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1533: To lead into, bring in, announce. From eis and phero; to carry inward.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

blood
αἷμα (haima)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.

of animals
ζῴων (zōōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 2226: An animal, living creature. Neuter of a derivative of zao; a live thing, i.e. An animal.

into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Holy Place
ἅγια (hagia)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.

[as a sacrifice] for
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

sin,
ἁμαρτίας (hamartias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 266: From hamartano; a sin.

the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

bodies
σώματα (sōmata)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4983: Body, flesh; the body of the Church. From sozo; the body, used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.

are burned
κατακαίεται (katakaietai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2618: To burn up, consume entirely. From kata and kaio; to burn down, i.e. Consume wholly.

outside
ἔξω (exō)
Preposition
Strong's 1854: Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

camp.
παρεμβολῆς (parembolēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3925: From a compound of para and emballo; a throwing in beside, i.e., battle-array, encampment or barracks.

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NT Letters: Hebrews 13:11 For the bodies of those animals whose (Heb. He. Hb)