16. who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:
17. for it is testified,“You are a priest forever,according to the order of Melchizedek.”
18. For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
19. (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
20. Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath