Hebrews 13:11 (ASV)

Passage

For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest [as an offering] for sin, are burned without the camp.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 13:9 Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited.

Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tabernacle.

Hebrews 13:11 For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest [as an offering] for sin, are burned without the camp.

Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Hebrews 13:13 Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bodies", "beasts", "whose", "blood", "brought", "holy", "place", and "high". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bodies" and "beasts", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "We have an altar whereof they have..." into verse 12's "Wherefore Jesus also that he might sanctify...", so "bodies" and "beasts" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "bodies" and "beasts" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.