We are then to go to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach (Hebrews 13:13) and knowing that we do not have a lasting city here; rather, we are seeking that which is to come (Hebrews 13:14 . Shalom, But notice, going outside the camp in itself is nothing; it is suffering outside the camp that is the great thing. This is symbolized by their going "outside" the Jewish community and sharing in Christ's sufferings. But a Christ outside the camp beckons His disciples to His side. 14 For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come. Outside the camp there were dangers of wild animals and dangers of enemies. After they sinned, Moses put up "a tent a short way outside the camp. a) Hebrews 13:9 How can we identify strange doctrines Satan might seek to promote in our midst? Good News Translation Let us, then, go to him outside the camp and share his shame. The camp was arranged into east, south, west, and north sides as documented in the diagram below. Note the other uses of impossible in Hebrews: It is impossible for God to lie (Hebrews 6:18). without the camp--"outside the legal polity" [THEODORET] of Judaism (compare Hebrews 13:11) "Faith considers Jerusalem itself as a camp, not a city" [BENGEL]. Verse Thoughts. International Standard Version Therefore go to him outside the camp and endure the insults he endured. For us to go "outside the camp" does imply a need for purification, which is a process whose perfection is beyond human effort but whose initiation and pursuit involves some decisions and actions on our part. Chapter 12 ended with an encouraging reminder about the nature of the new covenant (Hebrews 12:26-29). 13:13, NKJV) just as those Israelites who "sought the Lord" went "outside the camp" in the desert when Moses . Here, in the context of a warning against "diversified and foreign doctrines" (διδαξαì πoικíλαι καì ξεναι), a Christological argument occurs (13.11-12). "Let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. C. H. Mackintosh. How does one understand the events surrounding the holidays of Good Friday and Easter? Hebrews 13:15 15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. I think the camp for Israel was the place of safety and sanctity. This morning the text was Hebrews 13:8: "Jesus Christ. 6. Someone who is above reproach is said to be not deserving of blame or criticism for something they said or did but someone who is being reproached is someone who has received . (The date of the Exodus is discussed in Study 2 of the "Beauties of the Tabernacle" Series. 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. Sacrifices were taken outside the camp after they were killed (Leviticus 4:12). In the context, he urges this analogy between the two things. Like many other New Testament letters, Hebrews begins without an introduction, though it closes with blessings and greetings ( Heb. 1 LET LOVE for your fellow believers continue and be a fixed practice with you [never let it fail]. The idea seems to be that the sin was so serious, that the body of the animal that was sacrificed as a sin offering had to be not only destroyed, but removed: killed, burned, and then the ashes taken outside . Notice the separation that Moses established between himself and the Israelites "outside the camp." Remember the whole golden calf incident just occurred, subsequently God and Moses were not happy with the people, and thus they had to go "outside the camp." The second significant thing is the tent of meeting. The attached word document (study guides) are questions for the congregation, handed out the week prior to the . "Outside the camp" was the place away from God's presence and where unclean or dishonoring things were discarded. 14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come." (13:11-14) Jesus was crucified on Golgotha, outside of the holy city of Jerusalem, in a place of disgrace and defilement, "outside the camp," to use the language of the Old . But we are, he says . 12 So Jesus also n suffered o outside the gate in order to sanctify the people p through his own blood. ii. He exchanged His perfect righteousness and . Inside the Veil, Outside the Camp. Reproach is…. The author of Hebrews must have been well acquainted with Jewish history, and may have had in mind Exod. 11) The bodies of the sin sacrifices were destroyed outside the camp. Teachings Points. (14) For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come [the . As the writer of the letter to the Hebrews is wrapping up his discourse, he focuses on many of the practical ethics of Christian life, and then introduces the topic of going "outside (or without) the camp" to Jesus. Jesus was wholly consumed in fire as the sin-bearing sacrifice, and we are told that this took place "outside the gate.". Has there been an area of your life where following Christ led to some form of disgrace or . The title of the sermon is Suffering with Christ Outside the Gate . Hence the quotation of Leviticus I6.27 in Hebrews i3.11 only introduces the Old Testament context on which the main . The writer to the Hebrews is not saying it is just difficult, but truly without possibility. "Jesus also suffered outside the city gate," outside the camp, in the realm of the unholy, "to . It was in essence a large tent made of two rooms surrounded by a wall of curtains outside. They were being called to join the Christian company. c) Some people mock Jesus and reject His death as something of no value for our lives today. The set-up of the Israelites' camp is described in the first three chapters of Numbers. 13:12 "Jesus. Let's look at John Chapter Five: Joh 5:36 But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. From the former passage it is seen that Moses took what was probably his own large tent, "and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. He called [named] it 'the meeting tent.' Anyone who wanted to ask something from the Lord would go to the meeting tent outside the camp" ( Exodus 33:7, ERV ). Without the camp. Shalom, Anyone found with Christ—outside of the city gate—would be considered outside the Jewish community.". As the writer of the letter to the Hebrews is wrapping up his discourse, he focuses on many of the practical ethics of Christian life, and then introduces the topic of going "outside (or without) the camp" to Jesus. Hebrews: Let us go out to him outside of the camp to bear his re-proach. What is the passage talking about when it references "outside the camp" and "outside the gate" several different times? And it . As one commentator puts it, "In essence, the author's command to 'go forth to' Christ was a command to abandon Judaism. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. The sacrifices themselves: Praise of lips and life. Jesus, the sinless Son of Man was the one and only offering, acceptable to God, in payment for the sin of the world - the Innocent for the guilty. Hebrews 13:11 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Hebrews 13:11, NIV: The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 33:7 when he wrote Heb. Verse 15 gives one answer and verse 16 gives another. . He did so on the cross as He bore an eternity of hell for all the sins of all His people who would ever live. The wall of curtains resembled a fence surrounding a structure to make a large front yard . Romanian, and many Slavic languages, the name Hebrews (with linguistic variations) is the standard ethnonym for Jews; but in many other languages in which both terms exist, it is currently considered derogatory to call Jews "Hebrews". Christ was the innocent, sinless Lamb of God, Who shed His blood so that we might live. 14) Our home is not Jerusalem or here on earth. As the writer of the letter to the Hebrews is wrapping up his discourse, he focuses on many of the practical ethics of Christian life, and then introduces the topic of going "outside (or without) the camp" to Jesus. Hebrews 13:11-12 For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. We tend to make God's becoming man a commonplace business. He mentions Miriam's exclusion from the camp (Numbers 12.14-15), and that men and animals outside the camp are unclean before God (op. Now let us read the close of the book. If any man serve Him, he has to follow Him, and the blessedness, as well as the duty, of the servant on earth, as well as in heaven, is to be where his Master is. What did this verse mean to its original readers—and what does it have to say to us in our day? The attached Powerpoint and audio were given during the teaching of these lessons. Chapter 13 contains a number of final reminders to the Hebrews. 11 For l the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned m outside the camp. Dr. W. A. Criswell. Hebrews 13:13, KJV: Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. In Hebrews we understand that Jesus was taken outside the city to bear reproach—to be treated as an unclean criminal unqualified to remain in the city. 13 Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. The place outside the gate was the most impure of the whole camp. The camp for the early Hebrews was the religion of Judaism that rejected Jesus as Messiah. Exod. Hebrews 13:11, ESV: For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. . Anyone found with Christ—outside of the city gate—would be considered outside the Jewish community.". (12) Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. And those who follow Him will always be evil spoken of in this world. From the beginning of the book of Hebrews, the Lord Jesus Christ is elevated above every prophet of God and all angelic beings. What did this verse mean to its original readers—and what does it have to say to us in our day? God arranged that Moses, Aaron, and his sons (the Priests) would camp "in front of" (i.e. it had been established under the Mosaic law that the sacrificial animal should be burned outside the camp. b) What are some strange doctrines Satan is promoting in our midst today? He is of greater importance than Moses the Law-giver, and Joshua, who led the children of Israel into the promised land. . Douay-Rheims Bible Let us go forth therefore to him without the camp, bearing his reproach. Accord­ing to Hebrews 13:11-13, "The bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp," outside the realm of the holy, in the place of the unclean. 16:27 — the Day of Atonement. Under the Mosaic Law, (the law of Moses), the sacrificial animal was to be taken outside the camp of the people to be burned. How does the church correspond to Judaism? As Jesus suffered without the gate . 12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. . 2 Do not forget or neglect or refuse to extend hospitality to strangers [in the brotherhood--being friendly, cordial, and gracious, sharing the comforts of your home and doing your part generously], for through it some have entertained angels without . Each lesson on this study of Hebrews is designed fit into the whole of the book. They . Making myself different from everyone else, is nothing; it is suffering for the truth's sake that is the truly noble thing. He was wholly consumed. God also instructed that the Levite camps be adjacent to the tent on the 3 other sides (South, West, and . What's involved in this life that moves toward need, not comfort — this life outside the camp on the Calvary road, moving with Jesus toward suffering for the joy that is set before us in the city that is to come? Answer (1 of 2): > Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. It is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats can take away sin (Hebrews 10:4). He was cast out, and He suffered outside the gate. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. What did this verse mean to its original readers—and what does it have to say to us in our day? There is a reproach in becoming a Christian. This passage be. The gate was the gate of Jerusalem, Judea's capital and hence representative of Judaism. The . To the Hebrews, then 'the camp' would be Judaism. The Lord Jesus is far higher in rank and authority than Aaron the first high . 1. In the same way, Paul invites Christians to go to Jesus outside the camp. Answer (1 of 14): Ok here the final chapter of the book of Hebrews offers instructions for Christian living and a farewell which includes both a prayer request and a benediction. This is symbolized by their going "outside" the Jewish community and sharing in Christ's sufferings. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity . 10 We have an altar k from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. 13) We are then to leave the camp and the earthly tabernacle behind. The camp was comfortable and safe and clean and . 13:22 ). That the camp where the sons of Israel encamped represented heaven and the church, and hence that without the camp denotes where heaven and the church are not, thus hell, can be seen from what is related in the Word about the camp and the encamping of the sons of Israel in the wilderness, as from these words in Moses :--.