From work on PDF Hebrews 7-9

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 \v 15 What we say is clearer yet if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek.
-\v 16 It was not based on the law of fleshly descent that he became a priest, but instead was based on the power of an everlasting life.
+\v 16 It was not based on a law of fleshly requirement that he became a priest, but instead was based on the power of an everlasting life.
 \v 17 For scripture witnesses about him:
 \q "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."
 
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-\v 18 For the former regulation is set aside because it is weak and useless,
+\v 18 For not only has the former command been set aside because it is weak and useless—
-\v 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, through which we come near to God.
+\v 19 for the law made nothing perfect—but also a better hope is introduced, through which we come near to God.
 
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 \v 20 And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,
-\v 21 but he became a priest when God said to him,
+\v 21 but he became a priest through the oath-taking of the one who said to him,
 \q "The Lord has sworn and he will not change his mind:
 \q 'You are a priest forever.'"
 
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 \v 25 Therefore he is also able to save completely those who approach God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
-\v 26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, who is holy, without fault, pure, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
+\v 26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, who is holy, innocent, pure, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
 
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 \v 27 He does not need, unlike the high priests, to offer up daily sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He did this once for all when he offered himself.
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 \v 6 But now Christ has received a much better ministry, just as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which is based on better promises.
-\v 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant.
+\v 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no occasion for a second would have been sought.
 
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 \v 8 For when God found fault with the people, he said,
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-\v 11 They will not teach each one his neighbor
+\v 11 They will not teach each one his fellow citizen
 \q and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord.'
 \q For they will all know me,
 \q from the least of them to the greatest.
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 \v 12 It was not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood that he entered into the most holy place once for all and secured our eternal redemption.
 
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-\v 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer's ashes on those who have become unclean sets them apart to God for the cleansing of their flesh,
+\v 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer's ashes on those who have been defiled sanctifies them for the cleansing of their flesh,
-\v 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
+\v 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
-\v 15 For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. This is so that, since a death has taken place to free those under the first covenant from their sins, those who are called will receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.
+\v 15 For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. This is so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of those under the first covenant from their transgressions, those who are called will receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.
 
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 \v 16 For where there is a will, the death of the person who made it must be proven.
-\v 17 For a will is only in force when there has been a death, because it has no force while the one who made it is still alive.
+\v 17 For a will is only valid when there has been a death, because it has no force while the one who made it is still alive.
 
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 \v 18 So not even the first covenant was established without blood.
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 \v 20 Then he said, "This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you."
 
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-\v 21 In the same manner, he sprinkled the blood on the tabernacle and all the containers used in the service.
+\v 21 In the same manner, he sprinkled the blood on the tabernacle and all the containers used in the ministry.
 \v 22 According to the law, almost everything is cleansed with blood. Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
 
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 \v 25 He did not go there in order to offer himself many times, as does the high priest, who enters the most holy place year by year with the blood of another.
-\v 26 If that had been the case, then he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
+\v 26 If that had been the case, then he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has become visible at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
 
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 \v 27 Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that comes judgment,