Hebrews 10:3
New International Version
But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.

New Living Translation
But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year.

English Standard Version
But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.

Berean Standard Bible
Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,

Berean Literal Bible
But in these, there is a reminder of sins every year.

King James Bible
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

New King James Version
But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.

New American Standard Bible
But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.

NASB 1995
But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year.

NASB 1977
But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year.

Legacy Standard Bible
But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year.

Amplified Bible
But [as it is] these [continual] sacrifices bring a fresh reminder of sins [to be atoned for] year after year,

Christian Standard Bible
But in the sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But in the sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.

American Standard Version
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance made of sins year by year.

English Revised Version
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance made of sins year by year.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Instead, this yearly cycle of sacrifices reminded people of their sins.

Good News Translation
As it is, however, the sacrifices serve year after year to remind people of their sins.

International Standard Version
Instead, through those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year,

Majority Standard Bible
Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,

NET Bible
But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year.

New Heart English Bible
But in those sacrifices there is yearly reminder of sins.

Webster's Bible Translation
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

Weymouth New Testament
But in those sacrifices sins are recalled to memory year after year.

World English Bible
But in those sacrifices there is a yearly reminder of sins.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
But in those [sacrifices] is a remembrance of sins every year,

Berean Literal Bible
But in these, there is a reminder of sins every year.

Young's Literal Translation
but in those sacrifices is a remembrance of sins every year,

Smith's Literal Translation
But in these, a reminding of sins yearly.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But in them there is made a commemoration of sins every year.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Instead, in these things, a commemoration of sins is made every year.

New American Bible
But in those sacrifices there is only a yearly remembrance of sins,

New Revised Standard Version
But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sin year after year.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
But in those sacrifices they remembered their sins every year.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But by those sacrifices they remember their sins every year,
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
There is, however, in these sacrifices, a remembrance of sins every year.

Godbey New Testament
But in the same sacrifices there is a remembrance of sins annually;

Haweis New Testament
But in these sacrifices there is a commemoration of sins every year.

Mace New Testament
whereas their annual sacrifices were accompanied with an anniversary commemoration of their sins.

Weymouth New Testament
But in those sacrifices sins are recalled to memory year after year.

Worrell New Testament
But in these sacrifices there is a remembrance of sins year by year;

Worsley New Testament
Whereas in these very sacrifices there is a recalling of sins to mind every year.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Christ's Perfect Sacrifice
2If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. 3Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, 4because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.…

Cross References
Leviticus 16:21-22
Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task. / The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness.

Leviticus 16:34
This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Numbers 29:7-11
On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work. / Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, / together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, ...

Psalm 40:6-8
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. / Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: / I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

Isaiah 1:11-14
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ...

Jeremiah 31:34
No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Micah 6:6-8
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Psalm 51:16-17
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Hebrews 9:7
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

Hebrews 9:9-10
It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. / They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

Hebrews 9:25-26
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. / Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Hebrews 10:1-2
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. / If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

Hebrews 10:11
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.


Treasury of Scripture

But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

a remembrance.

Hebrews 9:7
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

Exodus 30:10
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

Leviticus 16:6-11,21,22,29,30,34
And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house…

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But in those sacrifices
This phrase refers to the sacrificial system established under the Old Covenant, particularly the annual sacrifices made on the Day of Atonement. The Greek word for "sacrifices" is "θυσίαις" (thysiais), which denotes offerings made to God. Historically, these sacrifices were central to Jewish worship and were intended to atone for the sins of the people. However, they were ultimately insufficient for complete redemption, serving instead as a foreshadowing of the ultimate sacrifice of Christ. The sacrificial system was a constant reminder of humanity's need for a savior and the temporary nature of the Old Covenant.

is a reminder
The Greek word for "reminder" is "ἀνάμνησις" (anamnēsis), which means a recollection or commemoration. In the context of the Old Testament sacrifices, this reminder was not just a mental recollection but a ritualistic reenactment that brought the reality of sin to the forefront of the community's consciousness. Each year, the people were reminded of their sins and their need for atonement, highlighting the repetitive and incomplete nature of these sacrifices. This reminder served to point forward to the need for a perfect and final sacrifice, which would be fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

of sins
"Sins" here is translated from the Greek word "ἁμαρτιῶν" (hamartiōn), which refers to offenses against God. In the Jewish tradition, sin was understood as a transgression of the law, requiring atonement through sacrifice. The annual reminder of sins through sacrifices underscored the pervasive nature of sin and the inability of the law to bring about true righteousness. This acknowledgment of sin was crucial in preparing the hearts of the people for the coming of Christ, who would offer a once-for-all sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins.

every year
The phrase "every year" emphasizes the repetitive and ongoing nature of the Old Covenant sacrifices. The Greek word "ἐνιαυτόν" (eniauton) signifies a yearly cycle, specifically referring to the Day of Atonement, when the high priest would enter the Holy of Holies to offer sacrifices for the sins of the people. This annual ritual highlighted the temporary and provisional nature of the Old Covenant, as it had to be repeated year after year. In contrast, the New Covenant, established through the sacrifice of Jesus, offers a permanent solution to sin, as His sacrifice was once for all time. This annual reminder served to prepare the people for the ultimate redemption found in Christ, who fulfills and surpasses the old sacrificial system.

(3) There is a remembrance.--Better, a remembrance of sins is made year by year. In each of the three prayers of the high priest (see Hebrews 5:3) for himself and his house, for the priesthood, for the people, he made special acknowledgment of sin. "I have sinned, I and my house and the sons of Aaron: Thy people have done perversely."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Instead,
Ἀλλ’ (All’)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

those [sacrifices]
αὐταῖς (autais)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[are] an annual
κατ’ (kat’)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

reminder
ἀνάμνησις (anamnēsis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 364: A recalling, remembrance, memory. From anamimnesko; recollection.

of sins,
ἁμαρτιῶν (hamartiōn)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's 266: From hamartano; a sin.


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