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For every High Priest is taken from among men (and is ordained for man) in things pertaining to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

He is able to have compassion on the ignorant and the wayward, because he also is encompassed by infirmity.

And for the same reason he must also offer for his own sins as well as for the people’s.

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Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God,(A) to offer gifts and sacrifices(B) for sins.(C) He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray,(D) since he himself is subject to weakness.(E) This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.(F)

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