1 Maccabees 2:54 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Phinehas our father, for that he was zealous exceedingly, obtained the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.

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Our ancestor Phinehas received the covenant of everlasting priesthood because he was deeply zealous.

Phinehas our father, being zealous in the zeal of God, received the covenant of an eternal priesthood.

Phinees our father, by being fervent in the zeal of God, received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.

Phinehas, our ancestor, because of his burning devotion, was given the promise that his descendants would always be priests.

Phinehas our father, because he was exceedingly zealous, obtained the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.

Because our ancestor Phinehas obeyed everything in God's Law, the men of our family have become priests forever.