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21 but he became a priest with an oath made by the one who said to him:

The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
‘You are a priest for ever.’[a](A)

22 Because of this oath, Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.(B)

23 Now many have become Levitical priests, since they are prevented by death from remaining in office.

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  1. 7:21 Ps 110:4

21 but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him:

(A)“The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind,
‘You are a priest forever.’”

22 This makes Jesus the guarantor of (B)a better covenant.

23 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office,

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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:)

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

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

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