Outside the Camp with Jesus and the Sacrifices of Praise

Hebrews returns one last time to sacrificial geography. Bodies of certain sin offerings whose blood entered the sanctuary were burned outside the camp; Jesus likewise suffered outside the city gate to sanctify the people through his own blood. Believers are therefore called to go to him “outside the camp,” bearing reproach, because their lasting city is still to come. Sacrificial language then becomes explicitly ethical and doxological: through Jesus the community continually offers praise—the fruit of lips confessing his name—and does not neglect doing good and sharing, sacrifices that please God.