Verse 22
Hebrews 7:22
Free Bible Version
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Unlike those human high priests, he doesn't need to offer a daily sacrifice for his sins and then the sins of the people. He did this once, and for everyone, when he offered himself.
Original Language Text
greek
κατὰ ⸀τοσοῦτο ⸀κρείττονος διαθήκης γέγονεν ἔγγυος Ἰησοῦς.
English Translation
Jesus has become a guarantor of a better covenant.
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Chapter 7 Context
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Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of the Most High God (Elohim). He met Abraham who was retur...
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Abraham gave him a tithe of all that he had won. Melchizedek's name means “king of right” while king...
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We don't have any information about his father or his mother or his family tree. We don't know when...
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Yes, the sons of Levi who are priests were commanded by the law to receive a tithe from the people,...
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But Melchizedek who doesn't share their ancestry received tithes from Abraham, and blessed the one w...
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In the one case tithes are received by men who die, but in the other by one who is said to be living...
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So you could say that Levi, the one who receives tithes, has paid tithes through being a descendant...
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Now if perfection could have been achieved through the priesthood of Levi (for that's how the law wa...
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If the priesthood is changed, then the law needs to be changed too.
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The one we're talking about comes from a different tribe, a tribe that has never provided priests to...
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It's clear that our Lord is a descendant of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests coming from...
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What makes it even clearer is when another priest appears who is similar to Melchizedek,
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That's why it says, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”
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So the previous rule has been set aside because it was powerless and didn't work,
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(for the law didn't make anything perfect). But now it's been replaced by a better hope by which we...
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This was not without an oath, even though those who become priests do so without an oath.
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But he became a priest with an oath because God (Elohim) told him, “The Lord has taken a solemn vow...
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There have been many priests because death prevented them from being able to continue;
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but since Yashua (Jesus) lives forever, his priesthood is permanent.
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As a result he is able to save completely those who come to God (Elohim) through him, living always...
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He is exactly the high priest we need: holy and without fault, pure and separate from sinners, and g...
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Unlike those human high priests, he doesn't need to offer a daily sacrifice for his sins and then th...
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The law appoints imperfect men as high priests, but God (Elohim) gave his solemn vow after the law,...
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