Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 10

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Hebrews 10 . 1 , The weakness of the law sacrifices; Hebrews 10 . 10 , The sacrifice of Christ’s body once offered , Hebrews 10 . 14. for ever hath taken away sins; Hebrews 10 . 19 , An exhortation to hold fast the faith with patience and thanksgiving.

Hebrews 10:1

For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

Hebrews 10:1 · BSB

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Hebrews 10:2

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

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would they not have or , they would have

conscience Our translators use the word conscience here , as elsewhere , for consciousness.

Hebrews 10:3

Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,

Hebrews 10:3 · BSB

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Hebrews 10:4

because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Hebrews 10:4 · BSB

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There were essential defects in these sacrifices. 1st . They were not of the same nature with those who sinned. 2nd . They were not of sufficient value to make satisfaction for the affronts done to the justice and government of God. 3rd . The beasts offered up under the law could not consent to put themselves in the sinner's room and place. The atoning sacrifice must be one capable of consenting , and must voluntarily substitute himself in the sinner's stead . Christ did so

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Hebrews 10:5

Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.

Hebrews 10:5 · BSB

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Hebrews 10:6

In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.

Hebrews 10:6 · BSB

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Hebrews 10:7

Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”

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Hebrews 10:8

In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).

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Hebrews 10:9

Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.

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Hebrews 10:10

And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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Hebrews 10:11

Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

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Hebrews 10:12

But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

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Hebrews 10:13

Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,

Hebrews 10:13 · BSB

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Hebrews 10:14

because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

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Hebrews 10:15

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:

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Hebrews 10:16

“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”

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Hebrews 10:17

Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

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Hebrews 10:18

And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.

Hebrews 10:18 · BSB

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Hebrews 10:19

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

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boldness or , liberty

Hebrews 10:20

by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

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consecrated or , new made

Hebrews 10:21

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

Hebrews 10:21 · BSB

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Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 10:22 · BSB

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Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

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Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

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Hebrews 10:25

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

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Hebrews 10:26

If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

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Hebrews 10:27

but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

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Hebrews 10:28

Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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Hebrews 10:29

How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 10:29 · BSB

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Hebrews 10:30

For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”

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Hebrews 10:31

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

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Hebrews 10:32

Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.

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Hebrews 10:33

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.

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Hebrews 10:34

You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

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or , that ye have in yourselves , or , for yourselves

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Hebrews 10:35

So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

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Hebrews 10:36

You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

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Hebrews 10:37

For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.

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Hebrews 10:38

But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

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Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web48 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Hebrews 10:16-17 → Jeremiah 31:33-34, Hebrews 10:30 → Deuteronomy 32:35-36, Hebrews 10:37-38 → Habakkuk 2:3-4, Hebrews 10:37-38 → Isaiah 26:20, Hebrews 10:5-7 → Psalm 40:6-8, Hebrews 10:5-9 → Psalms 40:6-8
Allusions Hebrews 10:10 → Leviticus 16:15, Hebrews 10:12-13 → Psalms 110:1, Hebrews 10:27 → Isaiah 26:11, Hebrews 10:28 → Deuteronomy 17:2-7, Hebrews 10:29 → Exodus 24:8
Echoes Hebrews 10:10 → Psalms 40:6
Trajectories
Aaron (The Great High Priest), Ashes of Red Heifer (Continual Cleansing), Bethel (House of God), Brazen Laver (Cleansing for Service), Burnt Offering (Christ's Total Consecration), Cherubim (Glorified Humanity), Coats of Skins (Covering of Shame), Conquest of Canaan (Victory in Christ), Consecration of Priests (Set Apart for Service), Crossing the Jordan (Entering God's Rest), Day of Atonement (Christ's Atoning Sacrifice), Eliakim (Key of David), High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session), Hyssop (Instrument of Blood Application), Jacob's Ladder (Heaven-Earth Connection), Josiah (Reformer King Prophesied by Name), Legal Priesthood (Mediators and Ministers), Meat-Offering (Tribute and Thanksgiving), Melchizedek (Priest Forever), Peace-Offering (Fellowship with God), Pool of Bethesda (Ineffective Ritual vs Christ's Power), Priestly Ministrations (Service and Sacrifice), Promised Land (Inheritance and Rest), Red Heifer (Purification from Death), +9 more
Longitudinal Themes
Holiness, Sacrifice and Atonement
Chiasms
Shaped Hebrews 09:24–10:19
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