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17 For the psalm bears witness, "You are a priest forever, of the priesthood of Melchizedek!"
18 So an earlier regulation is abrogated because it was poor and ineffective
19 (for there was nothing final about the Law), and a better hope begins to dawn, through which we may approach God.
20 And in proportion as Jesus was not appointed priest without God's making oath to it,
21 for God took no oath in appointing the old priests, but he made oath to his appointment, when he said to him, "The Lord has sworn it and he will not change; You are a priest forever!"
22 the agreement which he guarantees is better than the old one,