Hebrews 7:13

God's Word

The priest whom we are talking about was a member of a different tribe. No one from that tribe ever served as a priest at the altar.

Cross References

Numbers 16:40

following the command that the Lord had given through Moses. The bronze-covered altar will remind Israel that no one but a descendant of Aaron can come near to burn incense to the Lord. Everyone else will die like Korah and his followers.

Numbers 17:5

The staff from the man I choose will begin to grow. In this way I will silence the frequent complaints the Israelites make against you and Aaron.”

Hebrews 7:11

The people established the Levitical priesthood based on instructions they received. If the work of the Levitical priests had been perfect, we wouldn’t need to speak about another kind of priest. However, we speak about another kind of priest, a priest like Melchizedek, not a Levitical priest like Aaron.

Hebrews 7:12

When a different kind of priesthood is established, the regulations for those priests are different.

Hebrews 7:14

Everyone knows that our Lord came from the tribe of Judah. Moses never said anything about priests coming from that tribe.