20 And to the extent that it was not without an oath 21 (for they indeed became priests without an oath, but He with an oath through the One who said to Him,

(A)The Lord has sworn
And (B)will not change His mind,
You are a priest (C)forever’”);

22 by the same extent Jesus also has become the [a](D)guarantee of (E)a better covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:22 Or guarantor

20 Now none of this happened without an oath. Others became priests without any oath, 21 but Jesus[a] became a priest[b] with an oath when God[c] told him,

“The Lord[d] has taken an oath
    and will not change his mind.
You are a priest forever.”[e]

22 In this way, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:21 Lit. he
  2. Hebrews 7:21 The Gk. lacks became a priest
  3. Hebrews 7:21 Lit. he
  4. Hebrews 7:21 MT source citation reads Lord
  5. Hebrews 7:21 Cf. Ps 110:4