Hebrews 8:4

New American Bible - revised edition

If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are those who offer gifts according to the law.

Cross References

Numbers 18:5

You shall perform the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, that wrath may not fall again upon the Israelites.

Hebrews 10:11

Every priest stands daily at his ministry, offering frequently those same sacrifices that can never take away sins.

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain’s. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks.

Hebrews 5:1

Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

Hebrews 7:27

He has no need, as did the high priests, to offer sacrifice day after day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; he did that once for all when he offered himself.

Hebrews 8:3

Now every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus the necessity for this one also to have something to offer.

Hebrews 9:9

This is a symbol of the present time, in which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience