Hebrews 7:16 now reads:

\v 16 It was not based on a law of physical requirement that he became a priest, but instead was based on the power of an everlasting life.

Hebrews 7:21 now reads:
\v 21 but he became a priest with an oath by the one who said to him,
\q "The Lord has sworn and he will not change his mind:
\q 'You are a priest forever.'"

Hebrew 9:15 now reads:
\v 15 For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. This is so that, since a death has taken place to redeem those under the first covenant from their transgressions, those who are called will receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.

Hebrews 9:26 now reads:
\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.

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 \v 13 For when God made his promise to Abraham, he swore by himself, since he could not swear by anyone greater.
-\v 14 He said, "I will certainly bless you and grow your numbers."
-\v 15 In this way, Abraham obtained what was promised after he had patiently waited.
+\v 14 He said, "I will certainly bless you and give you many descendants."\v 15 In this way, Abraham obtained what was promised after he had patiently waited.
 
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 \v 16 For people swear by someone greater than themselves. At the end of each of their disputes, an oath serves as confirmation.
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@
 
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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 a law of fleshly requirement 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 physical 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."
 
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@
 
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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 through the oath-taking of the one who said to him,
+\v 21 but he became a priest with an oath by the one who said to him,
 \q "The Lord has sworn and he will not change his mind:
 \q 'You are a priest forever.'"
 
@@ -418,7 +417,7 @@
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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 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 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 for the redemption of those under the first covenant from their transgressions, 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 to redeem 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.
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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 become visible 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 appeared 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,