Passage

The oath and the Son

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

²⁸For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.

Hebrews 7:28World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The writer compares weak high priests appointed by the law with the Son appointed through the later word of an oath.

To understand

The preceding sentence describes one self-offering in place of repeated sacrifices for the priest and the people. Appointment and sacrifice both belong to this comparison.

A question

Which differences between the priests and the Son does the argument name?