A moment in scripture
Hebrews 7:19
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For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
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The surrounding passage
- Hebrews 7:17
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
- Hebrews 7:18
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
- Hebrews 7:20
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
- Hebrews 7:21
(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:)
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.