21(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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The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. …
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-28)Observe the necessity there was of raising up another priest, after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron, by whom that perfection should come which could not come by the Levitical priesthood, which therefore must be changed, and the whole economy with it, Heb. 7:11 , 12 Here, I. It is asserted that perfection could not come by the Levitical priesthood and the law. They could n…
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