<p>8:3 <i>For every high priest being appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it is therefore necessary that this high priest also have these to offer</i>- The train of thought about offering gifts and sacrifices is somewhat interrupted until 9:9, creating a parenthesis which is typical of Paul's style. The argument is that He did offer, but one offering- of Himself, and not of endless gifts and animals (9:27,28; 10:12). He was not so much offering the gifts of others, but offering Himself.</p>