²⁶ And strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron ^(A)shall be gathered to his people and shall die there.”

^24 (A)“Let Aaron be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the people of Israel, because ^(B)you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.

²³ The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, ²⁴ but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues ^(A)forever.

Jesus Compared to Melchizedek

^11 (A)Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?

²¹ and ^(A)I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be ^(B)a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. ²² And I will place ^(C)on his shoulder ^(D)the key of the house of David. ^(E)He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

²⁹ “The holy garments of Aaron ^(A)shall be for his sons after him; they shall ^(B)be anointed in them and ordained in them. ³⁰ The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them ^(C)seven days.