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19 The law [C of Moses] could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us, and ·with [by means of; through] this hope we can ·come near to [approach] God. 20 ·It is important that God did this with an oath [L And it was not without an oath]. Others became priests without an oath, 21 but ·Christ [L he] became a priest with an oath, ·when God said [L by the one who said] to him:

“The Lord has ·made a promise [L sworn; C an oath]
    and will not change his mind.
    ‘You are a priest forever [v. 17; Ps. 110:4].’”

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