Hebrews 10:17

17 He concludes, I'll forever wipe the slate clean of their sins.

Hebrews 10:17 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 10:17

And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
] (See Gill on Hebrews 8:10). The words are cited to a different purpose here than there; the principal thing for which they are cited here, is to observe God's promise of non-remembrance of sin; which is no other than remission of sin, and which is not consistent with legal sacrifices, in which there is a remembrance of sin every year, ( Hebrews 10:3 ) and consequently, since this new covenant has taken place, legal sacrifices must be abolished, as the apostle argues in the next verse. In one of Beza's copies are inserted, at the, beginning of this verse, these words, "then he said", which seem necessary to answer to the last clause of ( Hebrews 10:15 ) .

Hebrews 10:17 In-Context

15 The Holy Spirit confirms this:
16 This new plan I'm making with Israel isn't going to be written on paper, isn't going to be chiseled in stone; This time "I'm writing out the plan in them, carving it on the lining of their hearts."
17 He concludes, I'll forever wipe the slate clean of their sins.
18 Once sins are taken care of for good, there's no longer any need to offer sacrifices for them.
19 So, friends, we can now - without hesitation - walk right up to God, into "the Holy Place."
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