Hebrews 7:23

English Standard Version

23 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office,

New International Version

23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office;

New International Reader’s Version

23 There were many priests in Levi’s family line. Death kept them from continuing in office.

King James Version

23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: