²⁰And by as much as this was not without an oath (for these on the one hand have become priests^h without an oath, ²¹but he with an oath by the one who said to him,

“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,

‘You are a priest foreverⁱ’ ”^j),

²²by so much more^k Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

²³And indeed many have become^l priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, ²⁴but he, because he continues forever^m, holds the priesthood permanently. ²⁵Therefore also he is able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, because he^* always lives in order to intercede on their behalf.

²⁶For a high priest such as this indeed is fitting for us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become exalted above the heavens, ²⁷who does not need every dayⁿ like the former high priests to offer up sacrifices for his own sins and then for the sins of the people, because he did this once for all when he^* offered up himself. ²⁸For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the statement of the oath, after the law, appoints a Son, who is made perfect forever^o.

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Footnotes

hLiterally “are having become priests”
iLiterally “for the age”
jA quotation from Ps 110:4 (see also Heb 5:6; 6:20; 7:17)
kSome manuscripts have “so much more also”
lLiterally “are having become”
mLiterally “for the age”
*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“lives”) which is understood as causal
nLiterally “have necessity every day”
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“offered up”)
oLiterally “for the age”