Bilangan 23:19

23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie,

nor a human being, ¹  that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it?

Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen? ² 

Ibrani 7:21

7:21 but Jesus ³  did so ⁴  with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’” ⁵  –

[23:19]  ¹ tn Heb “son of man.”

[23:19]  ² tn The verb is the Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “to cause to rise; to make stand”). The meaning here is more of the sense of fulfilling the promises made.

[7:21]  ³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:21]  ⁴ tn The words “did so” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[7:21]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6, 6:20, and 7:17).