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7FOR THIS Melchizedek, king of Salem [and] priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,G1063G3778G3198G935G4532G2409G5310G2316G3588G4876G11G5290G575G2871G935G2532G2127G846 2And Abraham gave to him a tenth portion of all [the spoil]. He is primarily, as his name when translated indicates, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, which means king of peace.G3739G2532G11G3307G1181G575G3956G4412G3303G2059G935G1343G1161G1899G2532G935G4532G3603G935G1515 3Without [record of] father or mother or ancestral line, neither with beginning of days nor ending of life, but, resembling the Son of God, he continues to be a priest without interruption {and} without successor.G540G282G35G2192G3383G746G2250G3383G5056G2222G1161G871G5207G2316G3306G2409G1519G1336 4Now observe {and} consider how great [a personage] this was to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth [the topmost or the pick of the heap] of the spoils.G1161G2334G4080G3778G3739G2532G3966G11G1325G1181G1537G205 5And it is true that those descendants of Levi who are charged with the priestly office are commanded in the Law to take tithes from the people--which means, from their brethren--though these have descended from Abraham.G2532G3303G1537G5207G3017G3588G2983G2405G2192G1785G586G2992G2596G3551G5123G846G80G2539G1831G1537G3751G11 6But this person who has not their Levitical ancestry received tithes from Abraham [himself] and blessed him who possessed the promises [of God].G1161G1075G3361G1075G1537G846G1183G11G2532G2127G2192G1860 7Yet it is beyond all contradiction that it is the lesser person who is blessed by the greater one.G1161G5565G3956G485G1640G2127G5259G2909 8Furthermore, here [in the Levitical priesthood] tithes are received by men who are subject to death; while there [in the case of Melchizedek], they are received by one of whom it is testified that he lives [perpetually].G2532G5602G3303G444G599G2983G1181G1161G1563G3140G3754G2198 9A person might even say that Levi [the father of the priestly tribe] himself, who received tithes (the tenth), paid tithes through Abraham,G2532G5613G2031G2036G3017G2532G3588G2983G1181G1183G1223G11 10For he was still in the loins of his forefather [Abraham] when Melchizedek met him [Abraham].G1063G2258G2089G1722G3751G3962G3753G3198G4876G846 11Now if perfection (a perfect fellowship between God and the worshiper) had been attainable by the Levitical priesthood--for under it the people were given the Law--why was it further necessary that there should arise another {and} different kind of Priest, one after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one appointed after the order {and} rank of Aaron?G1487G3303G3767G5050G2258G1223G3020G2420G1063G1909G846G2992G3549G5101G2089G5532G2087G2409G450G2596G5010G3198G2532G3756G3004G2596G5010G2 12For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is of necessity an alteration of the law [concerning the priesthood] as well.G1063G2420G3346G1096G1537G318G3331G2532G3551 13For the One of Whom these things are said belonged [not to the priestly line but] to another tribe, no member of which has officiated at the altar.G1063G1909G3739G5023G3004G3348G2087G5443G575G3739G3762G4337G2379 14For it is obvious that our Lord sprang from the tribe of Judah, and Moses mentioned nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.G1063G4271G3754G2257G2962G393G1537G2455G1519G3739G5443G3475G2980G3762G4012G2420 15And this becomes more plainly evident when another Priest arises Who bears the likeness of Melchizedek,G2532G2076G2089G4054G2612G1487G2596G3665G3198G450G2087G2409 16Who has been constituted a Priest, not on the basis of a bodily legal requirement [an externally imposed command concerning His physical ancestry], but on the basis of the power of an endless {and} indestructible Life.G3739G1096G3756G2596G3551G4559G1785G235G2596G1411G179G2222 17For it is witnessed of Him, You are a Priest forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek.G1063G3140G3754G4771G2409G1519G165G2596G5010G3198 18So a previous physical regulation {and} command is cancelled because of its weakness {and} ineffectiveness and uselessness--G1063G1096G3303G115G1785G4254G1223G772G2532G512G846 19For the Law never made anything perfect--but instead a better hope is introduced through which we [now] come close to God.G1063G3551G5048G3762G5048G1161G1898G2909G1680G1223G3739G1448G2316 20And it was not without the taking of an oath [that Christ was made Priest],G2532G2596G3745G3756G5565G3728 21For those who formerly became priests received their office without its being confirmed by the taking of an oath by God, but this One was designated {and} addressed {and} saluted with an oath, The Lord has sworn and will not regret it {or} change His mind, You are a Priest forever {according to the order of Melchizedek.}G1063G2409G3303G1526G1096G5565G3728G1161G3326G3728G1223G3004G4314G846G2962G3660G2532G3338G3756G3338G4771G2409G1519G165G2596G5010G3198 22In keeping with [the oath's greater strength and force], Jesus has become the Guarantee of a better (stronger) agreement [a more excellent and more advantageous covenant].G2596G5118G1096G2424G1096G1450G2909G1242 23[Again, the former successive line of priests] was made up of many, because they were each prevented by death from continuing [perpetually in office];G2532G1526G3303G1526G1096G4119G2409G2967G3887G1223G2288 24But He holds His priesthood unchangeably, because He lives on forever.G1161G1223G846G3306G1519G165G2192G531G2420 25Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost (completely, perfectly, finally, and for all time and eternity) those who come to God through Him, since He is always living to make petition to God {and} intercede with Him {and} intervene for them.G3606G1410G2532G4982G1519G3838G4334G2316G1223G846G3842G2198G1519G1793G5228G846 26[Here is] the High Priest [perfectly adapted] to our needs, as was fitting--holy, blameless, unstained by sin, separated from sinners, and exalted higher than the heavens.G1063G5108G749G4241G2254G3741G172G283G5563G575G268G2532G1096G5308G3772 27He has no day by day necessity, as [do each of these other] high priests, to offer sacrifice first of all for his own [personal] sins and then for those of the people, because He [met all the requirements] once for all when He brought Himself [as a sacrifice] which He offered up.G3739G2192G318G3756G2596G2250G5618G749G399G2378G4386G5228G2398G266G1899G2992G1063G5124G4160G2178G399G1438 28For the Law sets up men in their weakness [frail, sinful, dying human beings] as high priests, but the word of [God's] oath, which [was spoken later] after the institution of the Law, [chooses and appoints as priest One Whose appointment is complete and permanent], a Son Who has been made perfect forever.G1063G3551G2525G444G749G2192G769G1161G3056G3728G3588G3326G3551G5207G5048G1519G165


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