The writer draws an analogy between the animal sacrifices being sacrificed outside the camp, and Jesus being crucified outside the city. Perhaps some had mocked Jesus' death. We do not appreciate what a thing of shame and disgrace being crucified was, as well as the shear pain and horror of it. In the eyes of society the cross labelled someone as worthless, as a reject. While Jesus was rejected by the world, the cross made us acceptable to God.
Those who believed in Jesus were rejected by society, and the same is increasingly true (though on a less severe level) today. But if Jesus went outside the city to be sacrificed, we should be willing to go "outside" to worship Him. We need to be willing to share His disgrace. For our true home is the City of God, we look for approval from God, not from the world.
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