Passage

The repeated sacrifices

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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⁴For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

Hebrews 10:4World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The writer says the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.

To understand

He describes the same sacrifices offered year after year and asks whether they would have ceased if the worshipers had been cleansed once for all. These offerings bring an annual reminder of sins in his argument.

A question

What annual effect does the writer attribute to these repeated sacrifices?