11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
11 Every priest goes to work at the altar each day, offers the same old sacrifices year in, year out, and never makes a dent in the sin problem.
11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
11 Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Hebrews 10:11
Commentary on Hebrews 10:11-18
(Read Hebrews 10:11-18)
Under the new covenant, or gospel dispensation, full and final pardon is to be had. This makes a vast difference between the new covenant and the old one. Under the old, sacrifices must be often repeated, and after all, only pardon as to this world was to be obtained by them. Under the new, one Sacrifice is enough to procure for all nations and ages, spiritual pardon, or being freed from punishment in the world to come. Well might this be called a new covenant. Let none suppose that human inventions can avail those who put them in the place of the sacrifice of the Son of God. What then remains, but that we seek an interest in this Sacrifice by faith; and the seal of it to our souls, by the sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience? So that by the law being written in our hearts, we may know that we are justified, and that God will no more remember our sins.