For when the priesthoodis changed,of necessitythere takes placea changeof lawalso.
"I will alsotakesomeof them for priests[and] for Levites,"saysthe LORD.
"Then you will rememberyour waysand be ashamedwhen you receiveyour sisters,[both] your olderand your younger;and I will givethem to you as daughters,but not becauseof your covenant.
Nowifperfectionwas throughthe Leviticalpriesthood(for on the basisof it the peoplereceived the Law),whatfurtherneed[was there] for anotherpriestto ariseaccordingto the orderof Melchizedek,and not be designatedaccordingto the orderof Aaron?
For the one concerningwhomthese thingsare spokenbelongsto anothertribe,from whichno onehas officiatedat the altar.
since they [relate] onlyto foodand drinkand variouswashings,regulationsfor the bodyimposeduntila timeof reformation.
