¹³ and it shall be to him and to ^(A)his descendants after him the covenant of ^(B)a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.’”

^5 (A)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as ^(B)a spiritual house, to be ^(C)a holy priesthood, ^(D)to offer spiritual sacrifices ^(E)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ Therefore he had ^(A)to be made like his brothers in every respect, ^(B)so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest ^(C)in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

² For I bear them witness that ^(A)they have a zeal for God, ^(B)but not according to knowledge. ³ For, being ignorant of ^(C)the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. ⁴ For ^(D)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.^[a]

²² As ^(A)the host of heaven cannot be numbered and ^(B)the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”

^18 (A)and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever.”

^4 (A)(B)Eleazar fathered ^(C)Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, ⁵ Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, ⁶ Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered ^(D)Meraioth, ⁷ Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, ^8 (E)Ahitub fathered ^(F)Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, ⁹ Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan, ¹⁰ and Johanan fathered Azariah (^(G)it was he who served as priest ^(H)in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem). ^11 (I)Azariah fathered ^(J)Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, ¹² Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered ^(K)Shallum, ¹³ Shallum fathered ^(L)Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, ¹⁴ Azariah fathered ^(M)Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; ¹⁵ and ^(N)Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile ^(O)by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

^15 (A)and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a ^(B)perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”