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21 (Other priests were made without an oath, but this One with an oath by the One who said to Him:

“The Lord has sworn
    and will not relent,
‘You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.’ ”[a])

22 Through this oath Jesus became the guarantor of a better covenant.

23 And the former priests were numerous because they were hindered from serving because of death.

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