Psalms 110:4
4 aThe Lord has bswornand will cnot change his mind,
d“You are ea priest fforever
after the order of gMelchizedek.”
Hebrews 5:6
6as he says also in another place,h“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”
Hebrews 5:10
10being designated by God a high priest iafter the order of Melchizedek.Hebrews 6:20
20where Jesus has gone jas a forerunner on our behalf, khaving become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.Hebrews 7:1
The Priestly Order of Melchizedek
1For this lMelchizedek, king of mSalem, priest of nthe Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,Hebrews 7:3
3He is without father or mother oor genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.Hebrews 7:10-22
10for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.Jesus Compared to Melchizedek
11 pNow if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? 12For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. 13For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. 14For it is evident that our Lord was descended qfrom Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.15This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, 16who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. 17For it is witnessed of him,
r“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”
18For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside sbecause of its weakness and uselessness 19(for tthe law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, ua better hope is introduced, through which vwe draw near to God.
20And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, 21but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him:
w“The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
‘You are a priest forever.’”
22This makes Jesus the guarantor of xa better covenant.
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