Hebrews 2:17
2:17 Therefore he had 1 to be made like his brothers and sisters 2 in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement 3 for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 7:5
7:5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office 4 have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, 5 although they too are descendants of Abraham. 6
Hebrews 7:27
7:27 He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.
Hebrews 9:7
9:7 But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, 7 and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. 8
1 tn Or “he was obligated.”
2 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.
3 tn Or “propitiation.”
4 tn Or “the priesthood.”
5 tn Grk “from their brothers.” See BDAG 18-19 s.v. ἀδελφός 2.b.
6 tn Grk “have come from the loins of Abraham.”
7 tn Grk “the second tent.”
8 tn Or perhaps “the unintentional sins of the people”; Grk “the ignorances of the people.” Cf. BDAG 13 s.v. ἀγνόημα, “sin committed in ignorance/unintentionally.” This term seems to be simply a synonym for “sins” (cf. Heb 5:2) and does not pick up the distinction made in Num 15:22-31 between unwitting sin and “high-handed” sin. The Day of Atonement ritual in Lev 16 covered all the sins of the people, not just the unwitting ones.