Verse 23
Hebrews 7:23
Bible in Basic English
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And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;
Original Language Text
greek
Καὶ οἱ μὲν πλείονές εἰσιν γεγονότες ἱερεῖς διὰ τὸ θανάτῳ κωλύεσθαι παραμένειν·
English Translation
And the majority have become priests because they are prevented from remaining due to death.
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Chapter 7 Context
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For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, a priest of the Most High God (Elohim), who gave Abraham hi...
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And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteou...
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Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the S...
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Now see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in t...
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And it is true that by the law, those of the sons of Levi who have the position of priests may take...
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But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him t...
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But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.
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Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one...
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And we may say that in Abraham, even Levi, who has a right to take the tenth part, gave it;
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Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him.
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Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for...
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Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law.
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For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings...
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Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that...
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And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,
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That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:
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For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
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So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.
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(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we c...
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And as this is not without the taking of an oath
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(For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who...
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By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Yashua (Jesus).
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And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them...
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But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.
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So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God (Elohim) through him, because he i...
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It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, ha...
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Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, an...
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The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the...
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