17. The Scriptures say the following about him: “You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest.”
18. The former requirements are rejected because they are weak and useless.
19. Moses’ Teachings couldn’t accomplish everything that God required. But we have something else that gives us greater confidence and allows us to approach God.
20. None of this happened without an oath. The men from the tribe of Levi may have become priests without an oath,
21. but Jesus became a priest when God took an oath. God said about him, “The Lord has taken an oath and will not change his mind. You are a priest forever.”
22. In this way Jesus has become the guarantee of a better promise.
23. There was a long succession of priests because when a priest died he could no longer serve.