Hebrews 7:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is of necessity an alteration of the law [concerning the priesthood] as well.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Common English Bible

¹² When the order of the priest changes, there has to be a change in the Law as well.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² For since the priesthood has been transferred, it is necessary that the law also be transferred.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² For the priesthood being translated, it is necessary that a translation also be made of the law.

Hebrews 7:12 Cross References

Isaiah 66:21

And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:61

Then you will remember your ways, and be ashamed when I take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and give them to you as daughters, but not on account of the covenant with you.

Hebrews 7:11

Now 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?

Hebrews 7:13

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

Hebrews 9:10

but deal only with food and drink and various ablutions, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.