Hebrews 13:11 (KJV)

Passage

For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

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

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

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

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bodies", "beasts", "whose", "blood", "brought", "sanctuary", "high", and "priest". 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.