A moment in scripture
Hebrews 7:21
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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:)
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The surrounding passage
- Hebrews 7:19
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
- Hebrews 7:20
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
- Hebrews 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
- Hebrews 7:23
And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.