Albert Barnes Commentary Hebrews 13:11

"For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest [as an offering] for sin, are burned without the camp." — Hebrews 13:11 (ASV)

For the bodies of those beasts... (Hebrews 13:11). The word here translated "for"—gar—would be more accurately rendered "moreover" (Stuart). The apostle is not presenting a reason for what he had said in the previous verse, but is suggesting a new consideration to encourage those whom he addressed to fidelity and perseverance. In the previous verse, the consideration was that Christians are permitted to partake of the benefits of a higher and more perfect sacrifice than the Jews were, and therefore should not relapse into that religion. In this verse, the consideration is that the bodies of the beasts that were burned were taken outside the camp. Similarly, the Lord Jesus suffered outside the gate of Jerusalem, and we should be willing to go out with Him to that sacrifice, whatever reproach or shame it might involve.

Whose blood is brought into the sanctuary... (Hebrews 13:11). See Barnes on Hebrews 9:7, 12.

Are burned without the camp (Hebrews 13:11). Leviticus 4:12, 21; 16:27.

The "camp" here refers to the time when the Israelites were in the wilderness, and lived in encampments. The same custom was observed after the temple was built, by conveying the body of the animal slain for a sin-offering, on the great Day of Atonement, beyond the walls of Jerusalem to be consumed there. "Whatever," says Grotius, "was not lawful to be done in the camp, afterwards was not lawful to be done in the city."