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Hebrews 7:18
So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.
Hebrews 7:18 · Bible in Basic English
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Hebrews 7:18 in other translations
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness
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In context
15 And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,
16 That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:
17 For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
18 So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.
19 (Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.
20 And as this is not without the taking of an oath
21 (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);
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