A moment in scripture
Hebrews 5:4
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And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
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The surrounding passage
- Hebrews 5:2
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
- Hebrews 5:3
And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
- Hebrews 5:5
So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
- Hebrews 5:6
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.