Hebrews 13:10 (GNV)

Passage

We haue an altar, whereof they haue no authoritie to eate, which serue in the tabernacle.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 13:8 Remember them which haue the ouersight of you, which haue declared vnto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering what hath bene the ende of their conuersation. Iesus Christ yesterday, and to day, the same also is for euer.

Hebrews 13:9 Be not caried about with diuers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be stablished with grace, and not with meates, which haue not profited them that haue bene occupied therein.

Hebrews 13:10 We haue an altar, whereof they haue no authoritie to eate, which serue in the tabernacle.

Hebrews 13:11 For the bodies of those beastes whose blood is brought into the Holy place by the high Priest for sinne, are burnt without the campe.

Hebrews 13:12 Therefore euen Iesus, that he might sanctifie the people with his owne blood, suffered without the gate.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Be not caried about with diuers and..." into verse 11's "For the bodies of those beastes whose...", so "haue" and "altar" 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 "haue" and "altar" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.