“Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.”
Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself — the contrast with Levitical priests is final: they offered repeatedly for themselves and the people, admitting their own sinfulness and the insufficiency of each offering. Christ offered once, a single sacrifice of infinite efficacy.
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