The Lord has taken an oath and will not break his vow:“ You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

耶和华起了誓，决不后悔，说：“你是照着麦基洗德的等次永远为祭司。”

耶和华起了誓，绝不改变：“你是照着麦基洗德的体系永远为祭司。”

耶和华起了誓，绝不改变：“你是照着麦基洗德的体系永远为祭司。”

耶和华起了誓，永不反悔，祂说：“你照麦基洗德的模式永远做祭司。”

耶和华起了誓，就决不反悔；他说：“你永远作祭司，是照着麦基洗德的体系。”

耶和华起了誓，绝不后悔；他说：“你是照着麦基洗德的等级，永远作祭司。”

耶和華起了誓，決不後悔，說：你是照着麥基洗德的等次永遠為祭司。

耶和華起了誓，絕不改變：「你是照着麥基洗德的體系永遠為祭司。」

耶和華起了誓，絕不改變：「你是照着麥基洗德的體系永遠為祭司。」

耶和華起了誓，永不反悔，祂說：「你照麥基洗德的模式永遠做祭司。」

耶和華起了誓，就決不反悔；他說：“你永遠作祭司，是照著麥基洗德的體系。”

永恆主起了誓，決不後悔；他說：『你永做祭司，按照麥基洗德的等次。』

耶和華起了誓，不改變心意，說：「你是照著麥基洗德的等級，永遠作祭司。」

耶和華既誓、必不回意、爾依麥基洗德之班、永為祭司兮、

耶和華誓而不改、爾永為祭司、依麥基洗德之班聯兮、

主曾發誓、必不更變、曰、爾必法乎麥基洗德永遠為祭司、

主已立誓豈能悔。爾當永為司鐸第一品。與彼麥基德。職位相彷彿。

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind:“ You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

The Lord has made a promise. He will not change his mind. He has said,“ You are a priest forever, just like Melchizedek.”

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,“ You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”

The LORD has sworn an oath and will not take it back:“ You are a priest forever according to the pattern of Melchizedek.”

The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind,“ You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

The Lord has sworn And will not relent,“ You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back:“ Forever, You are a priest like Melchizedek.”

The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou[ art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:“ You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”

Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind:“ You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

but there was an oath regarding Jesus. For God said to him,“ The Lord has taken an oath and will not break his vow:‘ You are a priest forever.’”

And in another passage God said to him,“ You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied,“ You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?

And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High, brought Abram some bread and wine.

Yes, he will build the Temple of the Lord. Then he will receive royal honor and will rule as king from his throne. He will also serve as priest from his throne, and there will be perfect harmony between his two roles.’

The law appointed high priests who were limited by human weakness. But after the law was given, God appointed his Son with an oath, and his Son has been made the perfect High Priest forever.

Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.This Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem and also a priest of God Most High. When Abraham was returning home after winning a great battle against the kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him.Then Abraham took a tenth of all he had captured in battle and gave it to Melchizedek. The name Melchizedek means“ king of justice,” and king of Salem means“ king of peace.”There is no record of his father or mother or any of his ancestors— no beginning or end to his life. He remains a priest forever, resembling the Son of God.

For example, there was God’s promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:“ I will certainly bless you, and I will multiply your descendants beyond number.”Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God had promised.Now when people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.God also bound himself with an oath, so that those who received the promise could be perfectly sure that he would never change his mind.So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us.

So if the priesthood of Levi, on which the law was based, could have achieved the perfection God intended, why did God need to establish a different priesthood, with a priest in the order of Melchizedek instead of the order of Levi and Aaron?

He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

The Lord swore an oath to David with a promise he will never take back:“ I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

No, I will not break my covenant; I will not take back a single word I said.I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie:His dynasty will go on forever; his kingdom will endure as the sun.