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# chosen from among people
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"whom God chooses from among the people"
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# is appointed
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"God appoints"
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# to act on the behalf of people
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"to represent the people"
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# so that he may offer
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The word "he" refers to a high priest. The writer describes the sinfulness of the Old Testament priests, and then he shows that Christ has a better kind of priesthood, one not based on Aaron's priesthood but on the priesthood of Melchizedek.
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