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The Book of Hebrews, Chapter 7, Verse 19

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For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
King James Version
And inasmuch as not without an oath [he was made priest]:
American Standard Version
And inasmuch as [it is] not without the taking of an oath
New English Translation
“It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.
World English Bible
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
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(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
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By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
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But this [man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
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Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
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For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
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For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, [maketh] the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
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Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
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A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.