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 tn The word “atonements” (plural in Hebrew) is a genitive showing the result or product of the sacrifice made.
2 sn This ruling presupposes that the instruction for the Day of Atonement has been given, or at the very least, is to be given shortly. That is the one day of the year that all sin and all ritual impurity would be removed.
3 sn The phrase “most holy to the
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.”