Hebrews 7:19

And inasmuch as not without an oath,.... Our version supplies as follows,

he was made priest; which well agrees with what is said in the next verse; the Syriac version renders it, "and which he…

For the law made nothing perfect - The Levitical, ceremonial law. It did not produce a perfect state; it did not do what was desirable to be done for a sinner; see the note on Heb 7:11. That Law, as…

For the law made nothing perfect - It completed nothing; it was only the outline of a great plan, the shadow of a glorious substance; see on Heb 7:11 (note). It neither pardoned sin, nor purified the…

Observe the necessity there was of raising up another priest, after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron, by whom that perfection should come which could not come by the Levitical…

the law made nothing perfect This is illustrated in Heb 9:6-9.

but the bringing in of a better hope did The better punctuation is "There takes place a disannulment of the preceding commandment on…