Hebrews 7:21

for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him that said to Him: 1 “ The Lord has sworn 1 and will not relent, 1 ‘ You are a priest forever 1 after the order of Melchizedek’”,

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

(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:)

In Context

20And inasmuch as it was not without an oath,

22by so much more Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

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Cross References

Hebrews 6:16For men indeed swear by the greater, and the oath for confirmation is an end of every dispute to them.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 7:12-28

Melchisedec and Christ Compared. ( a. d. 62.) 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident that… Read the whole commentary →

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