Hebrews 7
7
Melchizedek the Priest
1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, # Mk 5:7 met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him. # Ge 14:18–20 2To him Abraham also gave one-tenth of everything. In the first place, his name is translated “king of righteousness,” and then also he is king of Salem, which means “king of peace.” 3Without father, without mother, without descent, # Heb 7:6 having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he continually remains a priest.
4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave one-tenth of the spoils. # Ge 14:20 5Surely the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a command to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, though they also come from the seed of Abraham. 6But this man, whose descent is not numbered among them, received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. # Ro 4:13 7Without question, the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8In the one case mortal men receive tithes, but in the other he of whom it is witnessed that he is alive receives them. # Heb 5:6; 6:20 9One might say that Levi also, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, 10for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met Abraham.
Jesus Likened to Melchizedek
11If perfection were attained through the Levitical priesthood # Gal 2:21; Heb 8:7 (for through it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise in the order of Melchizedek, rather than established in the order of Aaron? 12For a change in the priesthood necessitates a change in the law. 13For the One concerning whom these things are spoken pertains to another tribe, from which no man served at the altar. 14For it is evident that our Lord descended from Judah, # Isa 11:1; Mic 5:2; Lk 3:33 a tribe concerning which Moses said nothing about priests. 15This is far more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, 16who becomes a priest not by a law pertaining to ancestry, but by the power of an endless life. 17For He testifies:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.” # Ps 110:4; Heb 5:6 # 7:17 Ps 110:4.
18For there is then an annulling of the previous commandment due to its weakness and uselessness. # Ro 8:3; Gal 4:9 19For the law made nothing perfect, but now a better hope is introduced, # Ac 13:39 by which we draw near to God. # Heb 4:16
20And He was not made a priest without an oath. 21(Other priests were made without an oath, # Nu 25:10–13 but this One with an oath by the One who said to Him:
“The Lord has sworn
and will not relent,
‘You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.’ ” # Ps 110:4; Heb 7:17 # 7:21 Nu 23:19; 1Sa 15:29; Ps 110:4. )
22Through this oath Jesus became the guarantor of a better covenant.
23And the former priests were numerous, because they were hindered from serving, because of death. 24But He, because He lives forever, # Jn 12:34; Heb 7:28 has an everlasting priesthood. 25Therefore He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, # Jn 14:6; Heb 7:19 because He at all times lives to make intercession for them. # Ro 8:34
26For such a High Priest was fitting for us, for He is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and is higher than the heavens. # 2Co 5:21; Heb 8:1 27Unlike those high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices—first for His own sins and then for the people’s, # Heb 5:3 for He did this once for all when He offered up Himself. # Heb 9:12, 28 28For the law appoints men who are weak as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son who is made perfect forever. # Heb 1:2; 2:10
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Hebrews 7
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The Greatness of Melchizedek
1For this Melchizedek —
King of Salem, priest of the Most High God,
who met Abraham and blessed him
as he returned from defeating the kings,
2and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything;
first, his name means king of righteousness,
then also, king of Salem,
meaning king of peace;
3without father, mother, or genealogy,
having neither beginning of days nor end of life,
but resembling the Son of God # Gn 14:18-20; Mt 4:3; Mk 5:7; Heb 7:6 —
remains a priest forever.
4Now consider how great this man was — even Abraham the patriarch # Gn 14:20; Ac 2:29; 7:8-9 gave a tenth of the plunder to him! 5The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people # Nm 18:21,26; 2Ch 31:4-5 — that is, from their brothers — though they have also descended from Abraham. # Lit have come out of Abraham’s loins 6But one without this # Lit their lineage collected tenths from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises. # Gn 14:19; Rm 4:13 7Without a doubt, # Or Beyond any dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8In the one case, men who will die receive tenths, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives. # Heb 5:6; 6:20 9And in a sense Levi himself, who receives tenths, has paid tenths through Abraham, 10for he was still within his ancestor # Lit still in his father’s loins when Melchizedek met him.
A Superior Priesthood
11If then, perfection came through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law # Gl 2:21; Heb 7:18-19; 8:7), what further need was there for another priest to appear, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron? # Heb 7:17; 10:1 12For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must be a change of law as well. 13For the One these things are spoken about belonged to a different tribe. No one from it has served at the altar. 14Now it is evident that our Lord came from Judah, # Is 11:1; Mc 5:2; Mt 1:3; Lk 3:33; Rv 5:5 and Moses said nothing about that tribe concerning priests.
15And this becomes clearer if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16who did not become a priest based on a legal command concerning physical # Or fleshly descent but based on the power of an indestructible life. 17For it has been testified:
You are a priest forever
in the order of Melchizedek. # Ps 110:4; Heb 5:6; 6:20; 7:21 # Ps 110:4
18So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable # Rm 8:3; Gl 4:9 19(for the law perfected # Ac 13:39; Rm 3:20; Heb 9:9 nothing), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. # Heb 4:16; 6:18
20None of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath, 21but He became a priest with an oath made by the One who said to Him:
The Lord has sworn,
and He will not change His mind,
You are a priest forever. # 1Sm 15:29; Ps 110:4 # Ps 110:4
22So Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant. # Heb 8:6-10; 9:15; 12:24; 13:20
23Now many have become Levitical priests, since they are prevented by death from remaining in office. 24But because He remains forever, He holds His priesthood permanently. 25Therefore, He is always able to save # Or He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede # Rm 8:34; Heb 9:24 for them.
26For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. # 2Co 5:21; Heb 4:15 27He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do — first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all when He offered Himself. # Eph 5:2; Heb 5:1,3; 9:12,28 28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, # Heb 1:2; 2:10; 5:2,9 who has been perfected # Php 3:12; Heb 10:14; 11:40 forever.
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