And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation – for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

And the others who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them from continuing in office,

And, “You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.