And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.”
And he says in another place, “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’ ”