Hebrews 7:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;

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  • 1 Chr 6:3-9 : 3 And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas; Phinehas was the father of Abishua; 5 And Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi, 6 And Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth; 7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub, 8 And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan, 10 And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:) 11 And Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub, 12 And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum, 13 And Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah, 14 And Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak;
  • Neh 12:10-11 : 10 And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib was the father of Joiada, 11 And Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua.
  • Heb 7:8 : 8 Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.

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  • Heb 7:24-28
    5 verses
    79%

    24But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.

    25So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.

    26It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:

    27Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.

    28The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

  • Heb 7:11-22
    12 verses
    78%

    11Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

    12Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law.

    13For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.

    14Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe.

    15And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,

    16That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:

    17For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

    18So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.

    19(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

    20And as this is not without the taking of an oath

    21(For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

    22By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.

  • Heb 7:3
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    3Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

  • Heb 8:1-4
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    72%

    1Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,

    2As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.

    3Now every high priest is given authority to take to God the things which are given and to make offerings; so that it is necessary for this man, like them, to have something for an offering.

    4If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who make the offerings ordered by the law;

  • Heb 10:11
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    11And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins.

  • Heb 5:1
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    1Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins.

  • Heb 5:6
    69%

    6As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 6:20
    69%

    20Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 9:6-7
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    68%

    6Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.

    7But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:

  • Heb 5:10
    68%

    10Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 9:11
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    11But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

  • Neh 7:64
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    64They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen, so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

  • Heb 9:25
    67%

    25And he did not have to make an offering of himself again and again, as the high priest goes into the holy place every year with blood which is not his;

  • Heb 10:21
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    21And having a great priest over the house of God,

  • Heb 10:2
    66%

    2For if this had been possible, would there not have been an end of those offerings, because the worshippers would have been made completely clean and would have been no longer conscious of sins?

  • Heb 8:6-7
    2 verses
    66%

    6But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

    7For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.

  • Heb 9:23
    66%

    23For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

  • Ezra 2:62
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    62They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen; so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

  • Ps 110:4
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    4The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.

  • 2 Chr 29:34
    66%

    34There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves holy than the priests.

  • Heb 9:15
    66%

    15And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

  • Num 18:7
    66%

    7And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.

  • Heb 7:5
    65%

    5And it is true that by the law, those of the sons of Levi who have the position of priests may take a tenth part of the people's goods; that is to say, they take it from their brothers though these are the sons of Abraham.

  • Heb 3:1
    65%

    1For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

  • Heb 7:8
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    8Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.

  • Heb 11:13
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    13All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

  • Heb 2:17
    65%

    17Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.

  • 1 Chr 24:2
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    2But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.

  • Heb 4:14
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    14Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.

  • Heb 4:6
    64%

    6So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,