Hebrews 10:6

6 You do not ask for burnt offerings and offerings to take away sins.

Hebrews 10:6 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 10:6

In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
Which were the principal kinds of offerings under the law:

thou hast had no pleasure;
not only in comparison of moral duties, or spiritual sacrifices, such as those of praise and thanksgiving, ( Psalms 69:30 Psalms 69:31 ) but so as to accept of the offerers for the sake of them, and smell a sweet savour in them; for these could not satisfy his justice, appease his anger, or expiate sin; and when they were in full force, and offered in the most agreeable manner, they were no otherwise well pleasing to God, than as they were types of, and had respect unto the sacrifice of his Son. In the Hebrew text it is, "thou didst not require, or ask for"; for them, when the time was up that Christ should come into the world.

Hebrews 10:6 In-Context

4 because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

5 So when Christ came into the world, he said: "You do not want sacrifices and offerings, but you have prepared a body for me.

6 You do not ask for burnt offerings and offerings to take away sins.

7 Then I said, 'Look, I have come. It is written about me in the book. God, I have come to do what you want.'"

8 In this Scripture he first said, "You do not want sacrifices and offerings. You do not ask for burnt offerings and offerings to take away sins." (These are all sacrifices that the law commands.)