Hebrews 7:20-24. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest. (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, the Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better Testament. And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death; But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
I think they reckoned that there were eighty-three high priests in regular succession from Aaron to the death of Phineas, the last high priest at the siege of Jerusalem. One succeeded another, but this one goes on continually, for ever hath an untransferable priesthood. That word "untransferable" is nearer to the meaning than this "unchangeable." If any of you have old Bibles with the margin, you will see "hath a priesthood which cannot be passed from one hand to another," and the margin happens in this case to have the true rendering, "This man hath an untransferable priesthood."
Hebrews 7:20-24. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest. (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, the Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better Testament. And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death; But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
I think they reckoned that there were eighty-three high priests in regular succession from Aaron to the death of Phineas, the last high priest at the siege of Jerusalem. One succeeded another, but this one goes on continually, for ever hath an untransferable priesthood. That word "untransferable" is nearer to the meaning than this "unchangeable." If any of you have old Bibles with the margin, you will see "hath a priesthood which cannot be passed from one hand to another," and the margin happens in this case to have the true rendering, "This man hath an untransferable priesthood."