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16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent[a] but by the power of an indestructible life. 17 For here is the testimony about him:[b]You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”[c] 18 On the one hand a former command is set aside[d] because it is weak and useless,[e]

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  1. Hebrews 7:16 tn Grk “a law of a fleshly command.”
  2. Hebrews 7:17 tn Grk “for he/it is witnessed that.”
  3. Hebrews 7:17 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6 and 6:20).
  4. Hebrews 7:18 tn Grk “the setting aside of a former command comes to pass.”
  5. Hebrews 7:18 tn Grk “because of its weakness and uselessness.”

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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  1. Hebrews 7:17 Psalm 110:4