(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, “The Lord swore and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.’”(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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The Scripture echoes (this verse)Psalms 110:4
Hebrews quotes the oath to show that Jesus became a priest with a sworn guarantee, not by a temporary rule.
“Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”