17 In the Scriptures, this is said about him:“You are a priest forever,a priest like Melchizedek.” Psalm 110:4
18 The old rule is now set aside because it was weak and useless.
19 The law of Moses could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us. And with this hope we can come near to God.
20 Also, it is important that God made an oath when he made Jesus high priest. When the others became priests, there was no oath.
21 But Christ became a priest with God’s oath. God said:“The Lord has made a promiseand will not change his mind.‘You are a priest forever.’” Psalm 110:4
22 So this means that Jesus is the guarantee of a better agreement from God to his people.
23 Also, when one of the other priests died, he could not continue being a priest. So there were many priests.