Hebrews Chapter 7 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Hebrews 7:23

And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing:
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BBE Hebrews 7:23

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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DARBY Hebrews 7:23

And they have been many priests, on account of being hindered from continuing by death;
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KJV Hebrews 7:23

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
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WBT Hebrews 7:23


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WEB Hebrews 7:23

Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.
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YLT Hebrews 7:23

and those indeed are many who have become priests, because by death they are hindered from remaining;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 23, 24. - And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because of being by death hindered from continuing. But he, because of his abiding forever, hath his priesthood unchangeable. This second point of contrast has already been twice touched on - ver. 8, with respect to the claim to tithe; and ver. 16, with respect to the order of priesthood: here it is with especial reference to the eternal personality, and hence the perpetual and complete efficiency, of our one Priest. The repetitions are not tautological, having each time different bearings. The contrast here, as before, is between mortal men who succeed each other in the office of priesthood, and One who has the office inherent in himself forever. The word ἀπαράβατον (translated "unchangeable") is taken by some in an intransitive sense, as in margin of the A.V., that doth not pass to another, equivalent to ἀδιάδοχον. This, however, is not the proper force of this late Greek word, nor does the sense of the passage of necessity require it.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Were many priests.--Rather, have been made priests many (i.e., in large numbers), because by death they were prevented from continuing. (Comp. Hebrews 7:8, where the thought is somewhat similar.)