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Hebrews 7:21 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 7 · verse 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:)Hebrews 7:21 · King James Version
Hebrews 7:21 in context
19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
20And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
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:)
22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
23And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
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Key words (Strong's)
- priestshiereusa priest, one who offers sacrifices and in general in busied with sacred rites, referring…G2409 →
- withoutchōrisseparate, apart, without any, besidesG5565 →
- repentmetamelomaiit is a care to one afterwards, it repents one, to repent one's selfG3338 →
- swareomnyōto swear, to affirm, promise, threaten, with an oath, in swearing to call a person or…G3660 →
- afterkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- madeginomaito becomeG1096 →
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Observe the necessity there was of raising up another priest, after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron, by whom that perfection should come which could not come by the Levitical priesthood, which therefore must be changed, and the whole economy with it, Heb 7:11, Heb 7:12, etc. Here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-28