16 who did not become a priest based on a legal command concerning physical[a] descent but based on the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it has been testified:

You are a priest forever
in the order of Melchizedek.(A)[b]

18 So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:16 Or fleshly
  2. Hebrews 7:17 Ps 110:4

16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is declared:

“You are a priest forever,
    in the order of Melchizedek.”[a](A)

18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:17 Psalm 110:4