Hebrews 7:13

New Century Version

We are saying these things about Christ, who belonged to a different tribe. No one from that tribe ever served as a priest at the altar.

Cross References

Numbers 16:40

as the Lord had commanded him through Moses. These sheets were to remind the Israelites that only descendants of Aaron should burn incense before the Lord. Anyone else would die like Korah and his followers.

Numbers 17:5

I will choose one man whose walking stick will begin to grow leaves; in this way I will stop the Israelites from always complaining against you.”

Hebrews 7:11

The people were given the law concerning the system of priests from the tribe of Levi, but they could not be made perfect through that system. So there was a need for another priest to come, a priest like Melchizedek, not Aaron.

Hebrews 7:12

And when a different kind of priest comes, the law must be changed, too.

Hebrews 7:14

It is clear that our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests belonging to that tribe.