The Darby Translation DBY
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14 For it is clear that our Lord has sprung out of Juda, as to which tribe Moses spake nothing as to priests.
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For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
15 And it is yet more abundantly evident, since a different priest arises according to the similitude of Melchisedec,
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And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
16 who has been constituted not according to law of fleshly commandment, but according to power of indissoluble life.
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one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
17 For it is borne witness, *Thou* art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.
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For it is declared: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
18 For there is a setting aside of the commandment going before for its weakness and unprofitableness,
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The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless
19 (for the law perfected nothing,) and the introduction of a better hope by which we draw nigh to God.
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(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
20 And by how much [it was] not without the swearing of an oath;
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And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,
21 (for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent [of it], *Thou* [art] priest for ever [according to the order of Melchisedec];)
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but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’ ”
22 by so much Jesus became surety of a better covenant.
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Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.
23 And they have been many priests, on account of being hindered from continuing by death;
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Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office;
24 but he, because of his continuing for ever, has the priesthood unchangeable.
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but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.
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