Hebrews 7:12

The Scriptures 2009

For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also.

Cross References

Isaiah 66:21

“And from them too I shall take for priests – for Lĕwites,” declares יהוה.

Ezekiel 16:61

“And you shall remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters. And I shall give them to you for daughters, though not by your own covenant.

Hebrews 7:11

Truly, then, if perfection were through the Lĕwitical priesthood – for under it the people were given the Torah – why was there still need for another priest to arise according to the order of Malkitseḏeq, and not be called according to the order of Aharon?

Hebrews 7:13

For He of whom this is said belongs to another tribe, from which no one had attended at the slaughter-place.

Hebrews 9:10

only as to foods and drinks, and different washings, and fleshly regulations imposed until a time of setting matters straight.