Verse 1
To qualify for the high priesthood in Israel one had to be a man. He also had to stand between God and people as their representative before Him. His services included presenting gifts (offerings) of worship and sacrifices for sin.
"Although it would be natural to distinguish between dora, ’gifts’ (i.e., peace and cereal offerings), and thysiai, ’sacrifices’ (i.e., the sin and trespass offerings), in later statements in the OT all sacrifices pertain to the procuring of atonement and the removal of sin (cf. Ezekiel 45:15-17). The bloody offerings for the Day of Atonement are in the foreground of the discussion of the sacrificial ministry of the Levitical high priest here and elsewhere in Hebrews (cf. Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 10:4; Hebrews 10:12; Hebrews 10:26)." [Note: Lane, p. 116.]
Exodus 28:1; Exodus 28:3; Exodus 29:1 stressed that the high priest was appointed for God, but in this verse the writer said that he was appointed for men. Both statements are true.
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