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Hebrews 8:4

WEB

4For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law,

KJV

4For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

BSB

4Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

FBV

4Now if he was here on earth, he wouldn't be a priest at all, because there are already priests to present the offerings that the law requires.

Extra References

Hebrews 7:11-15

11Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 12For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law. 13For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar. 14For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. 15This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

Hebrews 5:1

1For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

Numbers 18:5

5“You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel.

Numbers 16:40

40to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before the LORD, that he not be as Korah and as his company; as the LORD spoke to him by Moses.

Numbers 17:12-13

12The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone! 13Everyone who keeps approaching the LORD’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”

2 Chronicles 26:18-19

18They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from the LORD God.”

19Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the LORD’s house, beside the altar of incense.

Hebrews 11:4

4By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.