11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the most holy place by the high priest(A) as a sin offering are burned outside the camp.(B) 12 Therefore, Jesus also suffered outside the gate,(C) so that he might sanctify[a] the people by his own blood. 13 Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing his disgrace.(D) 14 For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:12 Or set apart, or consecrate

11 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. 12 So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood. 13 So let us go out to him, outside the camp, and bear the disgrace he bore. 14 For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.

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