Hebrews 7 (BHT-ATN)

“Jesus Is Precisely the Kind of High Priest We Need”

1 To strengthen my point, let us take a close look at+ this man “Melchizedek”—“king of Salem,” “priest of the Most High God,” who met Abraham as he was returning from “the defeat of the kings” and “blessed him,” 2 to whom Abraham apportioned, then, “a tithe of all the plunder.”+ To begin with, the name Melchizedek, in Hebrew, means “king of righteousness.”+ He is also called “king of Salem,” which means “king of peace.”+ 3 Independently of paternal descent,+ independently of maternal descent,+ independently of ancestral record,+ having neither a beginning of days nor of life an end, but portraying+ the Son of God, he continues in his priestly office+ without interruption.

4 Now notice just how great this man was—so great that even Abraham, the patriarch himself, gave him a tithe consisting of the choicest of all the spoils! 5 And whereas those descendants+ of Levi who receive the priesthood have the legal right+ to collect tithes from the people according to Torah, that is, from their fellow Israelites,+ even though they are also descendants of Abraham,+ 6 the priest+ whose descent was not traced from Levi+ collected a tithe from Abraham and invoked divine blessing upon the very man who had received the promises. 7 Now everyone knows that when one person blesses another, it is the more important of the two who invokes the divine blessing.+ 8 And while in the one case tithes are received by men who eventually die, in the case of Melchizedek+ a tithe is received by one about whom it is solemnly affirmed that he lives on. 9 In fact, one might even say+ that through Abraham the Levites,+ too, who receive tithes, themselves gave Melchizedek a tithe, 10 since the seed from which they would descend was there in Abraham’s body when Melchizedek met him.

11 So what are we to conclude from these things? If full and final priestly consecration+ had in fact been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (since the people were on the basis of this priestly office+ given Torah), why was there still need for there to come into office+ a priest of a different kind, appointed not in the order of Aaron, but in the order of Melchizedek? 12 If+ the priesthood is changed, you see, one is forced to conclude that there is a change, too, of Torah. 13 The priest about whom+ these things are spoken, you see, belongs to an entirely different tribe, a tribe from which no one has ever officiated at the altar. 14 Indeed, it is a well-known fact that Judah is the tribe from which our Lord descends, a tribe in reference to which, concerning priests coming from it, Moses didn’t say a thing. 15 And the matter becomes even clearer when we consider+ that it is in a way similar to Melchizedek+ that a different kind of priest comes into office, 16 one whose appointment is based not on a legal regulation pertaining to ancestral descent, but on the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is solemnly declared:

“ˢYou are a priest, forever into the ages, in the order of Melchizedek.”+

18 There takes place, you see, on the one hand, an official cancellation of the previous regulation,+ because of its weakness and ineffectiveness+ 19 (Torah consecrated nothing fully and finally,+ you see), and the establishment, on the other, of a superior and more effective hope, by which we draw near to God. 20 And just as this hope has the weight and reliability of a divine+ oath+ (whereas descendants of Aaron+ are installed as priests, you see, without an oath from God,+ 21 Jesus’ installment+ was accompanied by a divine oath, when God said to him,+ “The LORD+ has sworn a solemn oath and will not go back on his word+: ‘ˢYou are a priest forever into the ages’ ”+), 22 with the same degree of reliability it is a superior and more effective covenant whose terms Jesus, as guarantor, is now responsible for seeing through to fulfillment.+ 23 And whereas the Aaronic priests occupy their office temporarily and in a long line of succession, since death prevents each of them from continuing in office,+ 24 Jesus,+ because he lives on forever into the ages, continues in his priestly role+ permanently and inviolably. 25 That is why he is able, too, to save fully and completely+ those who keep coming through him into the presence of God, because he lives on and on and so can continue to appeal to God on their behalf. 26 Indeed, Jesus is precisely the kind of high priest we need:+ Holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners and exalted to even greater heights than the heavens,+ 27 who does not need day after day, as do the Aaronic high priests, first for the forgiveness of his own sins to offer up sacrifices, then for the forgiveness of those of the people to offer them up. This priest,+ you see, made sacrifice+ once and for all when he offered up himself. 28 Torah, you see, appoints as high priests mere men, who are so flawed and quick to breathe their last.+ The sworn oath,+ however, which came after Torah, appoints the Son, who has been fully and finally consecrated for priestly service forever into the very ages of the ages.

+1:1Or various times, or various portions, or little by little. Cf Jn 3:34.+1:1Or forefathers. Lit fathers.+1:2Or last.+1:3Or word.+1:3Lit Having made/performed purification of sins. ME(OTB)/IT (see JFB, 2:441; LALS, sv καθαρισμός; UBSHS [Heb], 10; translation and notes at 2 Pt 1:9) See also Timothy Miller, “Paul’s Priestly Mission and Salvation from the Coming Wrath: A Missiological Probe of Romans 15:16 and the Question of Divine Anger through the Worldview of Leviticus” (PhD diss., Columbia International University, 2024). Cf, eg, Lv 4:20, 4:31, 6:7, 16:1-34; Nu 15:28; Jb 7:21.+1:3Lit of the majesty. ME (see L-N, 12.5).+1:4Lit having becoming superior in rank to the angels. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 13).+1:4Or a name. Cf DuCL; UBSHS (Heb), 13.+1:5Lit he. Cf CJB, ISV, NET, NIV, NLT, TEV.+1:5Unless otherwise marked (through superscript—ˢyou), all second person pronouns are in the second person plural.+1:5Lit I today have fathered you, or I today have begotten you. ME(OTB/H) (see translation and notes at Ac 13:33).+1:5Ps 2:7+1:52 Sm 7:14+1:6Cf Ps 89:27; Col 1:15-18; Re 1:5.+1:6Dt 32:43 (LXX); cf Ps 97:7.+1:7The Greek word used here can mean “wind,” “spirit,” or “breath.”+1:7Ps 104:4. Cf, eg, Jb 1-2; Ps 148:8; Ga 4:3, 9; Col 2:8, 20; Re 7:1, 14:18, 16:5.+1:8Lit that [will be] the scepter of. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 19). Cf CJB, NCV, NLT.+1:9Lit That is the reason why. ME(OTB)/IT (see translation and notes at Mt 10:37, 22:32; Lk 14:26; Jn 12:5; 1 Co 16:22; Ga 3:6; Jm 1:12).+1:9Lit the God of you. ME(OTB)/IT. Covenantal connotations have been activated by “love” and “hate” in this context (see translation and notes at Mt 10:37, 22:32; Lk 14:26; Jn 12:5; 1 Co 16:22; Jm 1:12).+1:9Lit has anointed you with the oil of joy above your companions. ME/IT (see UBSHS [Heb], 20). Cf GeCL; TEV.+1:9Ps 45:6-7+1:12Or roll them up.+1:12Ps 102:25-27+1:13Lit he.+1:13Ps 110:1+1:14Or winds.+2:1Or have learned, or have heard. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+2:2Or word, or teaching. ME(H/OTB)/IT (see UBSHS [Heb], 28). Cf Knox, TNT.+2:2Cf, eg, Ac 7:53.+2:3Lit which a beginning having received to be spoken through the Lord. ME/IT (see UBSHS [Heb], 27-9). Cf NET. The argument here is a from-lesser-to-greater argument. Cf, eg, Jn 7:16-17, 8:28, 12:49, 14:10, 14:24.+2:5Lit he.+2:5See translation and notes at Jn 17:22-24 and Rm 8:28-30. The same applies here. Cf NCV, NLT.+2:6Lit But someone solemnly testifies somewhere. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 33). Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+2:7See translation and notes at Jn 17:22-24 and Rm 8:28-30. Cf also 1 Co 2:7.+2:7Lit crowned him.+2:7Cf Jn 17:22-24; Rm 8:28-30; 1 Co 2:7.+2:8Ps 8:5-7 (LXX)+2:8Lit he left nothing unsubjected to him. ME (see BDAG, 91, sv ἀνυπότακτος 1; UBSHS [Rm], 36).+2:9Lit we see. ME (see Heb 12:1-3). Cf UBSHS (Heb), 37.+2:9Lit because of the suffering of death. ME (see BDAG, 747, sv πάθημα 1). Cf TEV.+2:9The purpose clause here is logically connected to “made lower” (see UBSHS [Heb], 37-8), and therefore “made lower than the angels for a short time” has been restated in translation here for the sake of clarity. Cf TEV.+2:9Cf Is 53:9.+2:9Or for the sake of.+2:9Cf Is 53.+2:10Lit It was proper/appropriate/fitting for him.+2:10In this context, τελειόω ( teleiō) is referring to consecration and appointment for priestly service (see BDAG, 996, sv τελειόω 3; NBC, 1327; UBSHS [Heb], 39). Cf, eg, the LXX at Ex 29:9-35; Lv 8:33, 16:32, 21:10; Nu 3:3. Cf also Jn 17:17-19. The connotations of perfection, completeness, and ultimacy activated by this cognate family, however, are also relevant here within the overall context of Hebrews, in which a telic argument is sustained throughout on behalf of the perfection of the priesly service/cult renered by Jesus. Hence the inclusion of “perfect” here and throughout the translation of Hebrews.+2:10Or author, or leader, or founder, or source.+2:11Lit who sanctifies. ME/IT (see Timothy Miller, “Paul’s Priestly Mission and Salvation from the Coming Wrath: A Missiological Probe of Romans 15:16 and the Question of Divine Anger through the Worldview of Leviticus” [PhD diss., Columbia International University, 2024]).+2:11Or the same Father, or the same man, or the same origin. Lit from one thing, or from one man/person/being. Cf NJB, REB in ESS (Heb), 66.+2:11Lit he. Cf ISV, NIV, TEV.+2:11Lit brothers, saying.+2:12Lit sing in praise of you. ME/IT (see UBSHS [Heb], 43). Cf TEV.+2:12Ps 22:22+2:13Is 8:13-18 was interpreted Messianically in the early church (see NAC [Heb], 218). Accordingly, Is 8:17 is referring to the Messiah, and v 18 is referring to the Messiah with his children (ie, his disciples; see the following note). Following the lead of the NLT in translation here, so that the connection between the Messiah and his disciples is clear.+2:13Lit children. ME (see L-N, 9.46, 36.39). Cf Is 8:16.+2:13Translating in a way similar to how I’ve translated at Jn 6:37 (see translation and notes there).+2:13Is 8:17-18+2:14Lit share in flesh and blood. ME(OTB/I/F) (see BDAG, 26, sv αἷμα 1.a.; Ibid, 915, sv σάρξ 3.a.; translation and notes at 1 Co 15:50; Php 2:7; Rm 8:3; FBT Chart F, G).+2:14Lit who holds the power/might/control of death. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 45; translation and notes at Re 9:3). Cf Gn 3; Mt 6:13, 26:41; 1 Co 10:13; 2 Co 2:11, 11:3.+2:15Cf, eg, Ps 3:5, 4:8, 6:5, 9:13, 13:3, 16:10, 18:4-5, 22:15, 30:3, 30:9, 33:19; 49:14-15, 68:20, 86:13, 88:3, 89:48, 116:3, 118:17-18, 139:8+2:16Lit he. Cf NCV.+2:17Or faithful, or reliable.+2:17Lit to make propitiation for/expiate the sins of the people. ME(OTB)/IT (see translation and notes at Lk 18:13, Rm 3:25, and 1 Jn 2:2).+2:18Lit he.+2:18The perfect tense here signals ongoing relevance at the time of the speaker. I’ve tried to convey this in translation.+3:1Cf v 2:11.+3:1Or calling, or invitation.+3:1Cf Heb 1:9.+3:2Or reliable, or faithful, or loyal.+3:2Lit faithful to the one who appointed him. ME/IT (see FSB, Heb 3:1; NET Bible Notes, Nu 12:2; UBSHS [Heb], 52). Cf NLT, TEV.+3:2Lit his.+3:2Nu 12:7+3:3Lit This one. Cf CJB, NCV, NLT, NIV.+3:3Lit just as the builder of it has greater honor than the house.+3:4Lit Every house is built by someone. ME. Cf NLT, TEV.+3:5Nu 12:7+3:7Or his summons, or his call. In the original context, the people are being compared to sheep. Cf Jn 10.+3:8Lit according to the day. ME. Cf ISV, NIV.+3:9Or forefathers. Lit fathers.+3:10Or although they had seen my deeds for forty years. See UBSHS (Heb), 62.+3:10Lit They are always going astray in their hearts. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 63). Cf NCV, TEV.+3:10Lit have not known. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 63). Cf NLT, TEV.+3:11ME(OTB)/IT (see translation and notes at Mk 8:12; ESS [Heb], 104).+3:11Ps 95:7-11+3:12Lit lest there be in someone of you an evil heart of unbelief/unfaithfulness in forsaking the living God. ME(OTB/H)/IT (see translation and notes at Mk 3:5; UBSHS [Heb], 59, 64). ἐν ( en) here is interpreted as a marker of result (see, eg, L-N, 89.48). This is reflected in the translation. Cf CJB, NLT, NET, TEV.+3:15Ps 95:7-8+3:16Lit all who came out of Egypt by Moses. ME. Cf NET.+3:16Cf 1 Co 10; Jud 5.+3:17Lit whose bodies fell. ME (see BDAG, 815, sv πίπτω 1.b.α.א; L-N, 20.60, 23.105). A violent death is implied here.+3:17Cf Nu 14:22-29, 26:65; 2 Co 10; Jud 1:5.+3:18Lit he.+3:19Lit were not able. ME. Cf NCV. This is clearly the meaning here.+4:1Or since. The participle here is either temporal (cf, eg, ISV, NET) or causal (cf, eg, NCV, NIV).+4:1Lit remains. ME (see BDAG, 521, καταλείπω 4). Cf NET, NRSV.+4:1Cf NLT.+4:1Or lest any of you ever seem.+4:1Lit let us fear, lest perhaps/ever any of you should appear/be judged to have failed. ME (see BDAG, 1043, sv ὑστερέω 1; UBSHS [Heb], 73). Cf NLT, NIV, RSV, TEV.+4:2Lit We also are gospeled. ME. Cf TEV.+4:2Lit they were not united with those who heard it in faith. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 74). Cf Nu 14:6-9, 24-30. Since the quotation that follows in verse 3 doesn’t pertain directly to “those who obeyed,” but to those whom the message “didn’t help,” a semicolon has been used in translation here. Cf HCSB.+4:3Lit he.+4:3Ps 95:11+4:4Lit For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day thus. ME.+4:4Gn 2:2+4:5Lit And again in this place. ME. Cf NET.+4:6Lit enter it.+4:7Lit he.+4:8Lit If them Joshua had caused to have rest. ME(OTB) (see, eg, Dt 1:38, 12:10; Jsh 1:6). Cf NCV, TEV.+4:8Lit after these things. ME/IT.+4:10Lit his.+4:10The aorist indicative is functioning proleptically here. Cf TEV.+4:11Or fail. Lit fall. ME (see BDAG, 815, sv πίπτω 2; L-N, 20-60). Cf 3:17 above.+4:11Lit by the same example of disobedience. ME. Cf ISV, NASB, NCV, NET, NIV.+4:12Lit joints. Cf GeCL; NCV.+4:12Lit penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow. ME (see BDAG, 633, sv μερισμός 1.a.; UBSHS [Heb], 84).+4:12Lit of the heart. ME(OTB) (see translation and note at Mk 3:5; L-N, 26.3).+4:13Lit his.+4:13Lit naked. ME. Cf NIV.+4:16Cf Lv 16:1-3.+4:16Lit for timely help. ME. Cf most English translations.+4:16Lit grace. ME (see translation and notes at Jn 1:14; BDAG, 1079, sv χάρις 2; LALS, sv χάρις; L-N, 88.66; UBSHS [1 Pt], 164). Including “gracious” here to maintain the connection with “throne of grace.” Cf, eg, Mt 26:41; 2 Co 12:9.+5:1Cf TEV.+5:1Lit on behalf of. ME. Cf NIV; NAB and REB in ESS (Heb), 150.+5:1Lit for the sake of sins. ME/IT (see BDAG, 1030, sv ὑπέρ 1.b.).+5:2Lit those who are ignorant and going astray. ME(OTB) (see BDAG, 12, sv ἀγνοέω 4; UBSHS [Heb], 95). Cf Nu 15:27-31. The phrase here is interpreted as a hendiadys (the expression of a unified concept using coordination). This is reflected in the translation.+5:2Cf NET; L-N, 99.65. Cf also Heb 2:17.+5:3Lit because of it [with weakness as the antecedent]. ME. Cf TEV.+5:3Lit he. Cf NCV.+5:3Cf Lv 16.+5:4Lit the honor. ME (see BDAG, 1005, sv τιμή 2.d.; UBSHS [Heb], 96).+5:4Lit but being called. ME (see BDAG, 503, sv καλέω 4).+5:5Lit But [the one who bestowed the honor upon him is] the one who said to him. ME/IT. Cf ISV, NET, NIV.+5:5Lit I today have fathered you, or I today have begotten you. ME(OTB/H) (see translation and notes at Ac 13:33).+5:5Ps 2:7+5:6Lit just as he says. Cf NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+5:6Ps 110:4+5:7Lit who.+5:7Lit in the days of his flesh. ME(OTB) (see BDAG, 26, sv αἷμα 1.a.; Ibid, 915, sv σάρξ 3.a.; translation and notes at 1 Co 15:50, Php 2:7, and Rm 8:3; FBT Chart F, G).+5:7Lit been heard. ME (see translation and notes at Jn 9:31; UBSHS [Heb], 99).+5:7Cf NIV, NRSV, TEV; NEB in UBSHS (Heb), 99.+5:8Cf CJB, HCSB, NCV, NLT, TEV.+5:11Lit Concerning which the word to us is much. ME. Cf NET, ISV, NLT, TEV.+5:11Lit since you have become lazy in the hearing. ME(I/F) (see BSL, Heb 5:11, νωθρός L-N, 32.47; UBSHS [Heb], 103; TLNT, 2:552, sv νωθρός).+5:12Lit again you have need for someone to teach you the elements/rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God. ME (see ANLEX, 357, sv στοιχεῖον 2.a.; BDAG, 946, sv στοιχεῖον 1.c.; L-N, 58.19, 58.20). Cf HCSB, ISV, NIV.+5:12Lit you have become having need of milk, not solid food. ME. Cf NCV, NET, NLT, TEV.+5:13Lit Everyone partaking of milk. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 105).+5:13Or word, or message.+6:1The NET captures the intended meaning well here, in my opinion, and has therefore been followed in translation.+6:1Or from useless acts. Lit from dead works/acts. ME (see BDAG, 390, ἔργον 1.c.β.). Cf CEV, CJB, NCV, NIV, TNT.+6:4Lit tasted. ME (see BDAG, 195, sv γεύομαι; L-N, 90.78).+6:6Or act unfaithfully, or commit apostasy. Lit fall away. ME(OTB) (see DBL Hebrew, #5085; LALS, sv παραπίπτω; TWOT, 519, sv māʿal). Cf, eg, the LXX at Ezk 14:13, 15:8, 18:24, and 20:27.+6:6Or since they are crucifying to their own harm, or since they are crucifying in their own persons. Lit crucifying in/by/to themselves. Cf JB in UBSHS (Heb), 116. I disagree with the UBSHS’s statement that “it seems to go without saying that such a personal act would be ‘willful’” (see UBSHS [Heb], 116). The distinction between “high-handed” sins and unintentional sins is a critical issue within atonement theology (see, eg, Nu 15:27-31).+6:6Cf Ac 5:5; Re 2:21-23.+6:9Lit the better things and having salvation. ME (see BDAG, 422, sv ἔχω 11.a.; UBSHS [Heb], 120). Cf Mfft. The article here seems to be pointing us back to verse 7 (cf Alford in ESS [Heb], 196).+6:10Lit the holy ones/saints.+6:11Lit toward/with a view to the full conviction/certainty of hope. ME (see L-N, 31.45; translation and notes at Col 2:2 and at Heb 3:6 and 3:14).+6:11The meaning here is similar to Heb 3:6 and 3:14.+6:12Lit lazy. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 103; TLNT, 2:552, sv νωθρός). Maintaining consistency in translation with 5:11.+6:12Lit become imitators. ME. Cf NCV.+6:13Lit since he had by no one greater to swear an oath. ME(OTB)/IT (see UBSHS [Heb], 125; UBSHS [Jm], 187).+6:13Gn 22:16. Lit swore an oath by himself. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 125). Cf NLT, TEV; NET and TEV at Gn 22:16.+6:14Gn 22:17. Lit blessing I will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you. ME (see NET Bible Notes, Heb 6:14). Cf NET, NLT.+6:15Lit he.+6:16Lit Men swear by the greater, and for them the oath is for confirmation an end of all argument. ME/IT (see UBSHS [Heb], 125-7; UBSHS [Jm], 187).+6:17Lit wanting more abundantly to demonstrate the unchangeableness of his plan. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 128). Cf NLT, TEV.+6:17Lit mediated by an oath. ME/IT (see L-N, 31.21; UBSHS [Heb], 128).+6:18Lit by two unchangeable matters/things in which it is impossible for God to lie. ME/IT (see BDAG, 859, sv πρᾶγμα 1; UBSHS [Heb], 128).+6:19Lit which. Restating the antecedent in translation for the sake of clarity.+6:19Lit and entering into the inner of the curtain. ME(OTB/IT) (see BDAG, 294, sv εἰσέρχομαι 3; Ibid, 398, sv ἐσώτερος). Cf ISV, NCV, NET, NLT, TEV.+6:20Ps 110:4+7:1Lit For this Melchizedek. EFE/IT (see UBSHS [Heb], 136). In Greek, γὰρ ( gar) is marked for continuity and strengthening/support (see Runge, Disc Grammar, 51-54).+7:2These phrases come from Gn 14:17-20.+7:2Lit first, being translated “king of righteousness.” ME(OTB)/IT (see ANLEX, 257, sv Μελχισέδεκ).+7:2Lit and then also “king of peace.” ME/IT (see UBSHS [Heb], 136).+7:3Lit without father. ME (see ANLEX, 62, sv ἀπάτωρ).+7:3Lit without mother. ME (see ANLEX, 46, sv ἀμήτωρ).+7:3Lit without genealogy. ME (see ANLEX, 31, sv ἀγενεαλόγητος).+7:3Or resembling, or being like. Drawing from ANLEX in translation here (see ANLEX, 84, sv ἀφομοιόω).+7:3Lit he continues as priest.+7:5Lit sons. ME (see L-N, 10.30). Cf CJB, ISV, NIV, TEV.+7:5Lit have a command. ME (see BDAG, 340, sv ἐντολή 2.α.ג.).+7:5Lit that is, their brothers. ME (see BSL, Heb 7:5, sv ἀδελφός; L-N, 11.25). Cf NET, NLT, TEV.+7:5Lit although they come from the loins of Abraham. ME(I/F) (see L-N, 23.60). Cf ISV, NET, NLT, TEV.+7:6Lit the one.+7:6Lit from them. ME. Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+7:7Lit Now it is beyond all argument that the inferior is blessed by the superior. ME (see UBSHS [Heb], 141). Cf CJB, NCV, NLT, TEV.+7:8Lit in the other. ME.+7:9Lit And as to speak a word. ME (see L-N, 33.139; UBSHS [Heb], 142). Cf CJB, ESV, ISV, NCV, NIV, NRSV, RSV.+7:9Lit Levi. Here, Levi is being used metonymically for his descendants. Cf NLT.+7:11Lit perfection, or completion, or fulfillment of purpose. Cf Heb 2:10-11, 5:9, 7:19, 7:25, and 9:11-14. Cf also Php 3:12. See note at Heb 2:10.+7:11Lit on the basis of it. The antecedent has been restated in translation for the sake of clarity.+7:11Lit to arise. ME (see BDAG, 83, sv ἀνίστημι, 9).+7:12Or when.+7:13Lit Concerning whom.+7:15Lit if. Cf NCV. The meaning here is that clarity comes from the consideration of a premise.+7:15Lit according to the likeness of Melchizedek. ME (see BDAG, 707, sv ὁμοιότης).+7:17Ps 110:4+7:18Maintaining consistency in translation with v 16.+7:18Cf CJB; NRSV.+7:19Cf Heb 2:10-11, 5:9, 7:19, 7:25, and 9:11-14. Cf also Php 3:12. See note at Heb 2:10.+7:20IT. Cf NCV, TEV; UBSHS (Heb), 153.+7:20Lit And inasmuch as it was not without oath-taking. ME/IT (see translation and notes at Heb 6:13-17; BSL, Heb 7:22, sv ἔγγυος). The use of ἔγγυος ( enguos) in v 22 (where the correlative picks up) makes the intended meaning clear here.+7:20Lit they. Cf NLT.+7:20IT. Cf NCV, TEV; UBSHS (Heb), 153.+7:21Lit he. Cf CJB, NCV, NLT, TEV.+7:21Lit through the one who said to him. ME. Cf NIV, TEV.+7:21Following the MT in translation. Cf NLT.+7:21Lit will not change his mind. ME. Cf NLT, TEV; TNT and REB in ESS (Heb), 251.+7:21Ps 110:4+7:22Lit Jesus has become the guarantor of a better/superior/more effective covenant. ME(H) (see BSL, Heb 7:22, sv ἔγγυος; UBSHS [Heb], 154).+7:23Lit And they are become many priests because of the to be prevented to continue by death. ME (see BDAG, 769, sv παραμένω 2; Bloomfield et al in ESS [Heb], 253; UBSHS [Heb], 156).+7:24Lit he.+7:24Lit has the priesthood. ME. Cf NCV.+7:25Or save for all time.+7:26Cf HCSB, NCV, TEV.+7:26Lit and having become higher than the heavens. ME (see BDAG, 1044, sv ὑψηλός 1).+7:27Lit This one.+7:27Lit did [this].+7:28Lit who have weakness. ME (see BDAG, 142, sv ἀσθένεια 2.b.; ESS [Heb], 261; UBSHS [Heb], 161). The context indicates that both moral weakness (see v 27) and mortality (see vv 23-24) are included within the scope of “weakness” here.+7:28Lit The word of the oath.