Hebrews 7
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Hebrews 7:19-28

19(for 1the Law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, there is the introduction of a better 2hope, through which we 3come near to God. 20And 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, “4The Lord has sworn And 5will not change His mind, ‘You are a priest 6forever’”); 22by the same extent Jesus also has become the 78guarantee of 9a better covenant.

2310The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing; 2411Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues 12forever, holds His priesthood permanently. 25Therefore He is also able to 13save 14forever those who 15come to God through Him, since He always lives to 16make intercession for them.

26For it was fitting for us to have such a 17high priest, 18holy, 19innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and 20exalted above the heavens; 27who has no daily need, like those high priests, to 21offer up sacrifices, 22first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because He did this 23once for all time when He 24offered up Himself. 28For the Law appoints men as high priests 25who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints 26a Son, who has been 27made 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 Or guarantor ↩
  8. 8. Hebrews 7:22 Ps 119:122; Is 38:14 ↩
  9. 9. Hebrews 7:22 Heb 8:6 ↩
  10. 10. Hebrews 7:23 Lit The greater number have become priests... ↩
  11. 11. Hebrews 7:24 Lit He ↩
  12. 12. Hebrews 7:24 Is 9:7; John 12:34; Rom 9:5; Heb 7:23f, 28 ↩
  13. 13. Hebrews 7:25 1 Cor 1:21 ↩
  14. 14. Hebrews 7:25 Or completely ↩
  15. 15. Hebrews 7:25 Heb 7:19 ↩
  16. 16. Hebrews 7:25 Rom 8:34; Heb 9:24 ↩
  17. 17. Hebrews 7:26 Heb 2:17 ↩
  18. 18. Hebrews 7:26 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 4:15 ↩
  19. 19. Hebrews 7:26 1 Pet 2:22 ↩
  20. 20. Hebrews 7:26 Heb 4:14 ↩
  21. 21. Hebrews 7:27 Heb 5:1 ↩
  22. 22. Hebrews 7:27 Lev 9:7; Heb 5:3 ↩
  23. 23. Hebrews 7:27 Heb 9:12, 28; 10:10 ↩
  24. 24. Hebrews 7:27 Eph 5:2; Heb 9:14, 28; 10:10, 12 ↩
  25. 25. Hebrews 7:28 Heb 5:2 ↩
  26. 26. Hebrews 7:28 Heb 1:2 ↩
  27. 27. Hebrews 7:28 Heb 2:10 ↩

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