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Hebrews 7:21

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(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:)

(For {G1063} those priests {G2409} were {G3303}{G1526} made {G1096} without {G5565} an oath {G3728}; but {G1161} this with {G3326} an oath {G3728} by {G1223} him that said {G3004} unto {G4314} him {G846}, The Lord {G2962} sware {G3660} and {G2532} will {G3338} not {G3756} repent {G3338}, Thou {G4771} art a priest {G2409} for {G1519} ever {G165} after {G2596} the order {G5010} of Melchisedec {G3198}:)

but Yeshua became a cohen by the oath which God swore when he said to him,

“Adonai has sworn and will not change his mind,
‘You are a cohen forever.’”

but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”

(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 110:4 (18 votes)

    The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Hebrews 7:17 (8 votes)

    For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

  • Hebrews 6:16 (3 votes)

    For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.

  • Hebrews 6:18 (3 votes)

    That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

  • 1 Samuel 15:29 (2 votes)

    And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.