5:1 For every high priest is taken from among the people 4 and appointed 5 to represent them before God, 6 to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
1:11 They will perish, but you continue.
And they will all grow old like a garment,
1 sn A quotation from Gen 2:2.
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4.
4 tn Grk “from among men,” but since the point in context is shared humanity (rather than shared maleness), the plural Greek term ἀνθρώπων (anqrwpwn) has been translated “people.”
5 tn Grk “who is taken from among people is appointed.”
6 tn Grk “appointed on behalf of people in reference to things relating to God.”