Necessity of Changing the Priesthood and Law

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If indeed, then, perfection were through the Levitical priesthood--for the people under it had received law--what further need, according to the order of Melchisedek, for another priest to arise, and not to be called according to the order of Aaron?

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for the priesthood being changed, of necessity also, of the law a change doth come,

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for he of whom these things are said in another tribe hath had part, of whom no one gave attendance at the altar,

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for it is evident that out of Judah hath arisen our Lord, in regard to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

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And it is yet more abundantly most evident, if according to the similitude of Melchisedek there doth arise another priest,

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who came not according to the law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life,

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for He doth testify--`Thou art a priest--to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'

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for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness,

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(for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.

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