Hebrews 7:11

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Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?

Cross References

Galatians 2:21

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification were through the law, then Christ died to no purpose.

Galatians 4:3

So with us; when we were children, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe.

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 beggarly elemental spirits, whose slaves you want to be once more?

Hebrews 5:10

being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 5:6

as he says also in another place, “Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:10

for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

Hebrews 7:12

For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well.

Hebrews 7:13

For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.

Hebrews 7:15

This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

Hebrews 7:21

Those who formerly became priests took their office without an oath, but this one was addressed with an oath, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘Thou art a priest for ever.’ ”

Hebrews 8:7

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

Hebrews 9:6

These preparations having thus been made, the priests go continually into the outer tent, performing their ritual duties;