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Hebrews 13:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Hebrews 13:11-13
New Catholic Bible
11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sin offering are burned outside the camp.[a] 12 Therefore, Jesus also suffered outside the city gate in order to sanctify the people by his own blood.[b]
13 Let us then go to him outside the camp[c] and bear the abuse he endured.
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- Hebrews 13:11 Camp: here, as in v. 9, the author uses the great Jewish rite of atonement as a point of comparison (see Lev 16:27).
- Hebrews 13:12 Christ’s death outside Jerusalem symbolized the removal of sin in the same way that the removal of the bodies of sacrificed animals outside the camp of Israel had done.
- Hebrews 13:13 Let us then go to him outside the camp: this is a call to separate from Judaism. Just as Christ died in disgrace outside the city, so Christians should be willing to face scorn by leaving Judaism for Christ.
