¹⁷ for He doth testify -- `Thou [art] a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'

¹⁸ for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness,

¹⁹ (for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.

²⁰ And inasmuch as [it is] not apart from oath, (for those indeed apart from oath are become priests,

²¹ and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, `The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;')