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16 He is someone who has become a priest, not because of some requirement about human lineage, but because of the power of a life without end. 17 Remember, the psalmist says,

You are a priest forever—
    in the honored order of Melchizedek.[a]

18 Because the earlier commandment was weak and did not reconcile us to God effectively, it was set aside—

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Footnotes

  1. 7:17 Psalm 110:4

16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

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16 who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is witnessed of him,

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

18 For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside (B)because of its weakness and uselessness

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