15 And this becomes clearer if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16 who did not become a priest based on a legal regulation about physicalF descent but based on the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it has been testified:

You are a priest forever

according to the order of Melchizedek.G,s

18 So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitablet 19 (for the law perfectedu nothing), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.v

20 None of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath, 21 but he became a priest with an oath made by the one who said to him:

The Lord has sworn

and will not change his mind,

“You are a priest forever.”A,a

22 Because of this oath, Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.b