יהוה has sworn and does not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Malkitseḏeq.”
Hebrews 7:15 - The Scriptures 2009 and this is clearer still, if another priest arises in the likeness of Malkitseḏeq, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And this becomes more plainly evident when another Priest arises Who bears the likeness of Melchizedek, [Ps. 110:4.] American Standard Version (1901) And what we say is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest, Common English Bible And it’s even clearer if another priest appears who is like Melchizedek. Catholic Public Domain Version And yet it is far more evident that, according to the likeness of Melchizedek, there rises up another priest, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it is yet far more evident: if according to the similitude of Melchisedech there ariseth another priest, |
יהוה has sworn and does not relent, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Malkitseḏeq.”
yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived, and when pressure or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
As He also says in another place, “You are a priest forever according to the order of Malkitseḏeq,”
Truly, then, if perfection were through the Lĕwitical priesthood – for under it the people were given the Torah – why was there still need for another priest to arise according to the order of Malkitseḏeq, and not be called according to the order of Aharon?
For it is perfectly clear that our Master arose from Yehuḏah, a tribe about which Mosheh never spoke of concerning priesthood,
who has become, not according to the torah of fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life,
without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but having been made like the Son of Elohim, remains a priest for all time.