The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:(A)
“You are a priest forever,(B)
    in the order of Melchizedek.(C)

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The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

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The Lord has sworn
And (A)will not relent,
“You are a (B)priest forever
According to the order of (C)Melchizedek.”

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17 For it is declared:

“You are a priest forever,
    in the order of Melchizedek.”[a](A)

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  1. Hebrews 7:17 Psalm 110:4

17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

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17 For [a]He testifies:

(A)“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

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  1. Hebrews 7:17 NU it is testified

21 but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:

“The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:(A)
    ‘You are a priest forever.’”[a](B)

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  1. Hebrews 7:21 Psalm 110:4

21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

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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 priest [a]forever
According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”),

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  1. Hebrews 7:21 NU ends the quotation after forever.