Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hebrews 5:1

"For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:" — Hebrews 5:1 (ASV)

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

The high priest of old was "taken from among men." Aaron was chosen, and then his son; an angel might have been sent to perform Aaron's duty, but it was not so. And, glory be to our blessed Lord and Master, he is "One chosen out of the people," "taken from among men."

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

Notice that the high priests were taken from among men, not from among angels. Therefore, our Lord Jesus Christ did not take on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. The Jewish high priests were ordained for men; they acted on behalf of men, and they stood in the place of men. So the Lord Jesus Christ stood in the function, position, and substitutionary role of his people, so that he might offer to God for them two things: gifts—that is, such offerings as a Jew made when he presented fine flour, oil, and other bloodless offerings which were only intended for thanksgiving.

Christ offered thanksgiving to his Father, and that offering was a sweet savor to God. But besides those gifts, the priests offered sacrifices, and our Lord Jesus Christ did the same, for he was made a sin-offering for us, though he himself knew no sin.