Hebrews 7:11

The English Standar Version

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[3] were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

Galatians 4:3

In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles[2] 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 elementary principles of the world, 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, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever 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

but this one was made a priest with an oath 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, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.

Hebrews 9:6

These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties,