Hebrews 7:21

English Standard Version 2016

but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever.’”

Cross References

Psalm 110:4

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:17

For it is witnessed of him, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret.”

Numbers 23:19

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Romans 11:29

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Hebrews 5:6

as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:20

And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath,

Hebrews 7:23

The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office,

Hebrews 7:28

For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.