Hebrews 7
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Hebrews 7:19-28

19(for 1the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better 2hope, through which we 3draw near to God. 20And inasmuch as 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, “4The Lord has sworn And 5will not change His mind, ‘You are a priest 6forever’”); 22so much the more also Jesus has become the 7guarantee of 8a better covenant.

239The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing, 24but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues 10forever, holds His priesthood permanently. 25Therefore He is able also to 11save 12forever those who 13draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to 14make intercession for them.

26For it was fitting for us to have such a 15high priest, 16holy, 17innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and 18exalted above the heavens; 27who does not need daily, like those high priests, to 19offer up sacrifices, 20first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did 21once for all when He 22offered up Himself. 28For the Law appoints men as high priests 23who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints 24a Son, 25made perfect forever.

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Notes

  1. 1. Hebrews 7:19 Acts 13:39; Rom 3:20; 7:7f; Gal 2:16; 3:21; Heb 9:9; 10:1 ↩
  2. 2. Hebrews 7:19 Heb 3:6 ↩
  3. 3. Hebrews 7:19 Lam 3:57; Heb 4:16; 7:25; 10:1, 22; James 4:8 ↩
  4. 4. Hebrews 7:21 Ps 110:4; Heb 5:6; 7:17 ↩
  5. 5. Hebrews 7:21 Num 23:19; 1 Sam 15:29; Rom 11:29 ↩
  6. 6. Hebrews 7:21 Heb 7:23f, 28 ↩
  7. 7. Hebrews 7:22 Ps 119:122; Is 38:14 ↩
  8. 8. Hebrews 7:22 Heb 8:6 ↩
  9. 9. Hebrews 7:23 Lit The greater number have become priests... ↩
  10. 10. Hebrews 7:24 Is 9:7; John 12:34; Rom 9:5; Heb 7:23f, 28 ↩
  11. 11. Hebrews 7:25 1 Cor 1:21 ↩
  12. 12. Hebrews 7:25 Or completely ↩
  13. 13. Hebrews 7:25 Heb 7:19 ↩
  14. 14. Hebrews 7:25 Rom 8:34; Heb 9:24 ↩
  15. 15. Hebrews 7:26 Heb 2:17 ↩
  16. 16. Hebrews 7:26 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 4:15 ↩
  17. 17. Hebrews 7:26 1 Pet 2:22 ↩
  18. 18. Hebrews 7:26 Heb 4:14 ↩
  19. 19. Hebrews 7:27 Heb 5:1 ↩
  20. 20. Hebrews 7:27 Lev 9:7; Heb 5:3 ↩
  21. 21. Hebrews 7:27 Heb 9:12, 28; 10:10 ↩
  22. 22. Hebrews 7:27 Eph 5:2; Heb 9:14, 28; 10:10, 12 ↩
  23. 23. Hebrews 7:28 Heb 5:2 ↩
  24. 24. Hebrews 7:28 Heb 1:2 ↩
  25. 25. Hebrews 7:28 Heb 2:10 ↩

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