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Hebrews 7:23

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And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

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  1. 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:)

  2. Hebrews 7:22

    By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

  3. Hebrews 7:24

    But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

  4. Hebrews 7:25

    Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.