<p>9:7- see on Jn. 12:24.</p><p><i>But into the second only the high priest went, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins of the people</i>- As noted on :6 and so often in Hebrews, Paul is comparing and also contrasting the Lord's priesthood with that of the Levitical priests. Indeed, most of the points of contact are in terms of dissimilarity rather than identity. And the difference here is that the High Priests were sinners and needed to atone for their own sins as well as the peoples; whereas the clear emphasis of Scripture is that &quot;Christ died for <i>our </i>sins&quot;, and His work was and continues to be for our forgiveness and salvation rather than His own.&nbsp; Likewise the Lord did not enter once / year, but once for all- and remained there. So the points of contact with the Levitical High Priests are in the dissimilarity rather than similarities. See on 7:27,28.</p>