Verse 26
Hebrews 7:26
World English Bible, British Edition
26
For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled,
separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Original Language Text
greek
Τοιοῦτος γὰρ ἡμῖν ⸀καὶ ἔπρεπεν ἀρχιερεύς, ὅσιος, ἄκακος, ἀμίαντος, κεχωρισμένος ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν, καὶ ὑψηλότερος τῶν οὐρανῶν γενόμενος·
English Translation
For such a high priest was fitting for us, holy, innocent, untainted, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God (Elohim) Most High, who met Abraham
returning fro...
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to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation,
“king of righteous...
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without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning
of days nor end of life,...
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Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham the patriarch
gave a tenth out of the best...
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5
They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a
commandment to take tithes fr...
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but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from
Abraham, and has blessed hi...
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But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
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Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom
it is testified that he li...
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9
We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid
tithes,
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10
for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.
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11
Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for under
it the people have received the la...
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12
For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made
also in the law.
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13
For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from
which no one has officiated at t...
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14
For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which
tribe Moses spoke nothing conce...
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15
This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek
there arises another pries...
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16
who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after
the power of an endless lif...
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for it is testified,
“You are a priest forever,
according to the order of Melchizedek.”
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18
For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because
of its weakness and uselessness
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(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope,
through which we draw near t...
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20
Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath
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21
(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with
an oath by him that says of hi...
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By so much, Yashua (Jesus) has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
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23
Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered
from continuing by death.
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But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.
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Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near
to God (Elohim) through him,...
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26
For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled,
separated from sinners, and m...
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who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily,
first for his own sins, and...
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For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the
word of the oath, which came aft...
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