Hebrews 7:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood—for the people received the law under this priesthood—what further need would there have been to speak of another priest arising according to the order of Melchizedek rather than one according to the order of Aaron?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Now if perfection (a perfect fellowship between God and the worshiper) had been attainable by the Levitical priesthood–for under it the people were given the Law–why was it further necessary that there should arise another and different kind of Priest, one after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one appointed after the order and rank of Aaron?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?

Common English Bible

¹¹ So if perfection came through the levitical office of priest (for the people received the Law under the priests), why was there still a need to speak about raising up another priest according to the order of Melchizedek rather than one according to the order of Aaron?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Therefore, if consummation had occurred through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), then what further need would there be for another Priest to rise up according to the order of Melchizedek, one who was not called according to the order of Aaron?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ If then perfection was by 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 Melchisedech, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 7:11 Cross References

Galatians 2:21

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

Galatians 4:3

So with us; while we were minors, we were enslaved to the elemental principles of the world.

Galatians 4:9

Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental principles? How can you want to be enslaved to them again?

Hebrews 5:10

having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 5:6

as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus, a forerunner on our behalf, has entered, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:10

for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

Hebrews 7:12

For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well.

Hebrews 7:13

Now the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.

Hebrews 7:15

It is even more obvious when another priest arises, resembling Melchizedek,

Hebrews 7:21

but this one became a priest with an oath because of the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’ ”

Hebrews 8:7

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one.

Hebrews 9:6

These preparations having thus been made, the priests go continually into the first tent to carry out their ritual duties,