Hebrews 7
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The Priestly Order of Melchizedek
1#Ge 14:18–20; Mk 5:7For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him. 2To him Abraham also gave a tenth part of everything. In the first place, his name is translated “king of righteousness,” and then also he is king of Salem, which means “king of peace.” 3#Heb 7:6Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he continually remains a priest.
4#Ac 2:29; Ge 14:20Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils. 5Surely the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a command to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, though they also come from the seed of Abraham. 6#Ro 4:13; Ge 14:19–20But this man, whose descent is not numbered among them, received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. 7Without question, the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8#Heb 5:6; 6:20In the one case mortal men receive tithes, but in the other he of whom it is witnessed that he is alive receives them. 9One might say that Levi also, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, 10for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met Abraham.
11#Heb 8:7; Gal 2:21If perfection were attained through the Levitical priesthood (for through it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise in the order of Melchizedek, rather than established in the order of Aaron? 12For a change in the priesthood necessitates a change in the law. 13For the One concerning whom these things are spoken pertains to another tribe, from which no man served at the altar. 14#Isa 11:1; Mic 5:2; Lk 3:33For it is evident that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe concerning which Moses said nothing about priests. 15This is far more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, 16who becomes a priest not by a law pertaining to ancestry, but by the power of an endless life. 17#Ps 110:4; Heb 5:6For He testifies:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”#Ps 110:4.
18#Ro 8:3; Gal 4:9For there is then an annulling of the previous commandment due to its weakness and uselessness. 19#Ac 13:39; Heb 4:16For the law made nothing perfect, but now a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
20And He was not made a priest without an oath. 21#Ps 110:4; Heb 7:17(Other priests were made without an oath, but this One with an oath by the One who said to Him:
“The Lord has sworn
and will not relent,
‘You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.’ ”#Nu 23:19; 1Sa 15:29; Ps 110:4.)
22Through this oath Jesus became the guarantor of a better covenant.
23And the former priests were numerous because they were hindered from serving because of death. 24#Heb 7:28; Jn 12:34But He, because He lives forever, has an everlasting priesthood. 25#Ro 8:34; Heb 7:19; Jn 14:6Therefore He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, because He at all times lives to make intercession for them.
26#Heb 8:1; 2Co 5:21For such a High Priest was fitting for us, for He is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and is higher than the heavens. 27#Heb 9:28; 5:3; 9:12Unlike those high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices—first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for He did this once for all when He offered up Himself. 28#Heb 2:10; 1:2For the law appoints men who are weak as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son who is made perfect forever.
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