Hebrews 7:21
“(For those Priests were made without an oath: but this with an oath, by him þt said vnto him, The Lord sware and wil not repent, thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedec)”
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Hebrews 7:21 Context
19For the Law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did: by the which wee draw nigh vnto God. 20And in as much as not without an othe he was made Priest, 21(For those Priests were made without an oath: but this with an oath, by him þt said vnto him, The Lord sware and wil not repent, thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedec) 22By so much was Iesus made a suertie of a better Testament. 23And they truely were many Priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death.
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(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
- King James Version
(for they indeed became priests without an oath, but He with an oath through the One who said to Him, "THE LORD HAS SWORN AND WILL NOT CHANGE HIS MIND, 'YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER');"
- New American Standard Version (1995)