Hebrews 13:11 meaning and explanation

Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

Hebrews 13:11, Berean Standard Bible

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The writer is addressing Jewish Christians tempted to return to old covenant rituals. He recalls the Day of Atonement, when the high priest carried the sin offering's blood into the Holy Place while the animal's body was burned outside the camp, since its flesh was not eaten (Leviticus 16).

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