Hebrews 7:11

New American Bible - revised edition

If, then, perfection came through the levitical priesthood, on the basis of which the people received the law, what need would there still have been for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not reckoned according to the order of Aaron?

Cross References

Galatians 2:21

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

Galatians 4:3

In the same way we also, when we were not of age, were enslaved to the elemental powers of the world.

Galatians 4:9

but now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and destitute elemental powers? Do you want to be slaves to them all over again?

Hebrews 5:10

declared by God high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. Exhortation to Spiritual Renewal.

Hebrews 5:6

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

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus has entered on our behalf as forerunner, becoming high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:10

for he was still in his father’s loins when Melchizedek met him.

Hebrews 7:12

When there is a change of priesthood, there is necessarily a change of law as well.

Hebrews 7:13

Now he of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, of which no member ever officiated at the altar.

Hebrews 7:15

It is even more obvious if another priest is raised up after the likeness of Melchizedek,

Hebrews 7:21

but he with an oath, through the one who said to him: “The Lord has sworn, and he will not repent: ‘You are a priest forever’”—

Hebrews 8:7

For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second one.

Hebrews 9:6

With these arrangements for worship, the priests, in performing their service, go into the outer tabernacle repeatedly,