What’s a Priest, Anyway? (Heb 5:1–4)

A Study of Hebrews: Lesson 12

As I stated in last week’s lesson, priests and priesthood are foreign concepts to many of us. This section of Hebrews is a terrific description of the form and function of Israel’s priesthood.

  1. The priest was a mediator.

  2. The priest was a human mediator.

  3. The priest was an appointed human mediator.

  4. The priest was an appointed human mediator for sin.

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