Hebrews 7:23 - Forerunner Commentary

Hebrews 7:23

21 (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:
^a“The Lord has sworn
And will not relent,
‘You are a priest¹ forever
According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”),

22 by so much more Jesus has become a¹ surety of a ^abetter covenant.

23 Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.

24 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.

25 Therefore He is also ^aable to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives ^bto make intercession for them.

26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, ^awho is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, ^band has become higher than the heavens;

27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His ^aown sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.

Verse Comparison: Hebrews 7:23

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American Standard Version
And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing:

Amplified® Bible
[Again, the former successive line of priests] was made up of many, because they were each prevented by death from continuing [perpetually in office];

Contemporary English Version
There have been a lot of other priests, and all of them have died.

Darby English Version
And they have been many priests, on account of being hindered from continuing by death;

Good News Bible
There is another difference: there were many of those other priests, because they died and could not continue their work.

International Standard Version
There have been many priests, since they have been prevented by death from continuing in office.

King James Version
And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

New American Standard Bible
The {former} priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing,

New International Version
Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office;

New King James Version
Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because death prevented them from continuing,

Young's Literal Translation
and those indeed are many who have become priests, because by death they are hindered from remaining;

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