Hebrews 7:12

Modern English Version

For a change in the priesthood necessitates a change in the law.

Cross References

Isaiah 66:21

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

Ezekiel 16:61

Then you shall remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, your elder and your younger. And I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

Hebrews 7:11

If perfection were attained through the Levitical priesthood (for through it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise in the order of Melchizedek, rather than established in the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 7:13

For the One concerning whom these things are spoken pertains to another tribe, from which no man served at the altar.

Hebrews 9:10

since they are concerned only with foods and drinks, ceremonial cleansings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.