Hebrews 13:10 (DRB)

Passage

We have an altar whereof they have no power to eat who serve the tabernacle.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today: and the same for ever.

Hebrews 13:9 Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For it is best that the heart be established with grace, not with meats: which have not profited those that walk in them.

Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar whereof they have no power to eat who serve the tabernacle.

Hebrews 13:11 For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holies by the high priest for sin are burned without the camp.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "altar", "whereof", "power", "serve", and "tabernacle". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "altar" and "whereof", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Be not led away with various and..." into verse 11's "For the bodies of those beasts whose...", so "altar" and "whereof" 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 "altar" and "whereof" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.