1. For every high priest, having been taken from among men, is appointed on behalf of men toward the things which pertain to God, so that he may offer gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins;
2. he is able to commiserate with those who are ignorant and who wander astray, because he himself is also encompassed by infirmity.
3. And because of this, he also must make such offerings for sins even for himself, in the same manner as for the people.
4. Neither does anyone take up this honor himself, but rather he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.