Hebrews 7:11

New English Translation

So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?

Cross References

Galatians 2:21

I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!

Galatians 4:3

So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces 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 worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

Hebrews 5:10

and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 5:6

as also in another place God says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:10

For he was still in his ancestor Abraham’s loins when Melchizedek met him.

Hebrews 7:12

For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.

Hebrews 7:13

Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.

Hebrews 7:15

And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

Hebrews 7:21

but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’” –

Hebrews 8:7

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

Hebrews 9:6

So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent as they perform their duties.