“In the house of Levi, because "they became priests without an oath," they did not last; he, on the contrary, lasts forever. In fact, it cannot happen that he speaks falsely about the oath, because he said, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever' " of the priests according to the or…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS
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22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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20And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
21(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:)
— Hebrews 7:22 —
23And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
24But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.