For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.
who needeth not daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the {\i sins} of the people: for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this {\i high priest} also have somewhat to offer.
which {\i is} a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,