Hebrews 10:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 But in those sacrifices there is only a yearly remembrance of sins,(A) 4 for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats take away sins.(B) 5 For this reason, when he came into the world, he said:[a]
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,(C)
but a body you prepared for me;
Footnotes
- 10:5–7 A passage from Ps 40:7–9 is placed in the mouth of the Son at his incarnation. As usual, the author follows the Septuagint text. There is a notable difference in Hb 10:5 (Ps 40:6), where the Masoretic text reads “ears you have dug for me” (“ears open to obedience you gave me,” NAB), but most Septuagint manuscripts have “a body you prepared for me,” a reading obviously more suited to the interpretation of Hebrews.
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