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Hebrews • Chapter 7
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For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,
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To whom Abraham also gave a tenth of everything, first being interpreted king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace.
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Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
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But consider how great this man was to whom Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils, the patriarch.
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And those of the sons of Levi, having received the priesthood, have a command to tithe the people according to the law, that is, their brothers, even though they have come out of the loins of Abraham.
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But he does not trace his genealogy from them, but he blessed Abraham, the one who had the promises.
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Without any contention, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
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And here, men die while receiving the tenths, but there he is witnessing that he lives.
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And as it were said, through Abraham and Levi, the one receiving tithes is tied to the tenth.
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For he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
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If indeed the perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for the people have been appointed under it, what further need is there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek and not to be called according to the order of Aaron?
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For when the priesthood is changed, a necessity arises for a change of law.
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For the one concerning whom these things are said has participated in a different tribe, from which no one has taken hold of the altar.
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For it is clear that our Lord arose from Judah, in respect to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.
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And even more evident is it that another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek,
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who was not made according to the law of a fleshly commandment but according to the power of an indissoluble life,
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For it is testified that You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
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For there is indeed a setting aside of the commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness.
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For the law made nothing perfect, but a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
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And as long as there are those who are priests without an oath,
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But he, after the oath, through the one speaking to him: The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, You are a priest forever.
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Jesus has become a guarantor of a better covenant.
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And the majority have become priests because they are prevented from remaining due to death.
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But he, because he remains forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.
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Therefore, he is able to save completely those who approach God through him, always living to intercede for them.
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For such a high priest was fitting for us, holy, innocent, untainted, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.
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He who does not have daily necessity, like the high priests, to offer sacrifices first for his own sins and then for those of the people (for this he did once for all when he offered himself);
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For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a son, perfected forever.