Levitical High Priests |
Reference |
Jesus the High Priest |
many in number |
7:23–24 |
one |
temporary |
7:23–24 |
permanent and eternal |
sinners who had to offer sacrifices for their “own sins” |
7:26–27 |
holy, innocent; offers sacrifice only for others |
had to sacrifice “daily” |
7:27 |
sacrificed “once for all” |
offered sacrificial animals |
7:27; 9:11–14 |
“offered up himself” |
entered the holy places through a man-made tent and by means of the blood of goats and calves |
9:11–12 |
entered the holy place of the presence of God and by means of his own blood |