Hebrews 5:3
Context5:3 and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.
Hebrews 6:13
Context6:13 Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
Hebrews 12:16
Context12:16 And see to it that no one becomes 1 an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. 2
Hebrews 9:7
Context9:7 But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, 3 and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. 4


[12:16] 1 tn Grk “that there not be any,” continuing from v. 15.
[12:16] 2 sn An allusion to Gen 27:34-41.
[9:7] 1 tn Grk “the second tent.”
[9:7] 2 tn Or perhaps “the unintentional sins of the people”; Grk “the ignorances of the people.” Cf. BDAG 13 s.v. ἀγνόημα, “sin committed in ignorance/unintentionally.” This term seems to be simply a synonym for “sins” (cf. Heb 5:2) and does not pick up the distinction made in Num 15:22-31 between unwitting sin and “high-handed” sin. The Day of Atonement ritual in Lev 16 covered all the sins of the people, not just the unwitting ones.