3Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.


In Context

1 The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

3 Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.

4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already men who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."

Hebrews 8:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore [it is] of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:3For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3For every high priest is constituted for the offering both of gifts and sacrifices; whence it is needful that this one also should have something which he may offer.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man should have somewhat also to offer.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:3for every chief priest to offer both gifts and sacrifices is appointed, whence it is necessary for this one to have also something that he may offer;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: why it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.