The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
“You are a priest forever
according to the pattern of Melchizedek.”(A)

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The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:(A)
“You are a priest forever,(B)
    in the order of Melchizedek.(C)

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also says in another place,

You are a priest forever
according to the order of Melchizedek.[a](A)

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  1. 5:6 Gn 14:18–20; Ps 110:4

And he says in another place,

“You are a priest forever,
    in the order of Melchizedek.(A)[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 5:6 Psalm 110:4

20 Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner,(A) because he has become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.(B)

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20 where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.(A) He has become a high priest(B) forever, in the order of Melchizedek.(C)

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21 but he became a priest with an oath made by the one who said to him:

The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever.”[a](A)

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  1. 7:21 Ps 110:4

21 but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:

“The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:(A)
    ‘You are a priest forever.’”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:21 Psalm 110:4