26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, (A)holy, innocent, unstained, (B)separated from sinners, and (C)exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, (D)first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this (E)once for all when he offered up himself. 28 For the law appoints men (F)in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made (G)perfect forever.

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26 For a high priest such as this indeed is fitting for us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become exalted above the heavens, 27 who does not need every day[a] like the former high priests to offer up sacrifices for his own sins and then for the sins of the people, because he did this once for all when he[b] offered up himself. 28 For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the statement of the oath, after the law, appoints a Son, who is made perfect forever[c].

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:27 Literally “have necessity every day”
  2. Hebrews 7:27 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“offered up”)
  3. Hebrews 7:28 Literally “for the age”