8:3
The Levitical priests offered gifts and sacrifices. They offered sacrifices to cover both their own sins and those of the people, and they offered the gifts of the people. This was pointing forward to what the real high priest would do. He offered Himself as a sacrifice, and He makes our gifts to the Lord acceptable in His sight.
8:4
Some may have objected that if Jesus was really a high priest He would have offered gifts in the temple. This sort of thinking doesn’t resonate much with us, but would have meant more to the Jews of the time. The writer’s point is that Jesus supersedes the old priesthood, He is more than a continuation of it. There were already priests to serve in the earthly temple, there was no need for anything new here. Jesus is serving as the central focus of a far superior covenant.
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