Moffatt(i)
16 For as men swear by a greater than themselves, and as an oath means to them a guarantee that ends any dispute,
17 God, in his desire to afford the heirs of the Promise a special proof of the solid character of his purpose, interposed with an oath;
18 so that by these two solid facts (the Promise and the Oath), where it is impossible for God to be false, we refugees might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us,
19 anchoring the soul to it safe and sure, as it enters the inner Presence behind the veil.
20 There Jesus entered for us in advance, when he became high priest for ever with the rank of Melchizedek.