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I am studying the book of Hebrews. Hebrews 5:1 implies that high priests were still appointed at the time this verse was written. Was it the jews that still appointed priests to sacrifice sins for them? It never occured to me that maybe the jews still continued to have high priests in the new testament and the high priests might have still offered sacrices for sins.

Btw the verse I am referring to is:

Hebrews 5:1
For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness.
3 Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.
4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.

2006-10-27 06:11:43 · 4 answers · asked by msbrittnay 2 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

4 answers

I cannot say that I believe a word from the New Testament. It is all made up about a made up religion. I do not think they should even say it is part of the Hole Scriptures (which is what you call the OT).

2006-10-27 07:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by Shossi 6 · 0 2

The Jews offered sacrifices in the Temple in Jerusalem until shortly before the Temple was destroyed in 66CE. Any priest could perform the sacrificial service...only the High Priest could do so on Yom Kippur.

After the Temple was destroyed, no other High Priests were selected. However, descendents of the Priests still exist today.

2006-10-27 06:15:56 · answer #2 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 6 0

They had the priests, the Temple and everything until 70 AD when the Temple was destroyed by the Romans and they were scattered as a people. Then they established synagogues and had rabbis instead of priests and had to re-do their religion by making mitzvot or good deeds as a way of atonement instead of blood sacrifice.

2006-10-27 06:13:44 · answer #3 · answered by . 7 · 5 0

first of all the jews dont have the new testament in the toah,and they dont make sacriffices anymore,that went out when the romans destroyed the last temple.there are no high priests ,there are rabbis,from mikhal in israel.

2006-10-27 06:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by mikhal k 4 · 1 0

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