Necessity of Changing the Priesthood and Law

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Therefore, if it had been possible to reach the goal through the system of cohanim derived from Levi (since in connection with it, the people were given the Torah), what need would there have been for another, different kind of cohen, the one spoken of as to be compared with Malki-Tzedek and not to be compared with Aharon?

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For if the system of cohanim is transformed, there must of necessity occur a transformation of Torah.

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The one about whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar;

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for everyone knows that our Lord arose out of Y’hudah, and that Moshe said nothing about this tribe when he spoke about cohanim.

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It becomes even clearer if a “different kind of cohen,” one like Malki-Tzedek, arises,

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one who became a cohen not by virtue of a rule in the Torah concerning physical descent, but by virtue of the power of an indestructible life.

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For it is stated, “You are a cohen FOREVER, to be compared with Malki-Tzedek.”

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Thus, on the one hand, the earlier rule is set aside because of its weakness and inefficacy

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(for the Torah did not bring anything to the goal); and, on the other hand, a hope of something better is introduced, through which we are drawing near to God.

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