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Melchizedek the Priest
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,
The King of Righteousness
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,”
Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.
Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!
Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people — that is, from their fellow Israelites — even though they also are descended from Abraham.
And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham;
This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater.
Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better.
In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.
Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives.
One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,
Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak,
because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
Jesus Like Melchizedek
If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood — and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood — why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?
If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood — and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood — why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?
Need for a New Priesthood
Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?
Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?
For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also.
For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law.
He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.
For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest
one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.
The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless
For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness,
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,
Greatness of the New Priest
And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath
And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.
Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office;
Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.
but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.
But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.
Such a high priest truly meets our need — one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.
who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.