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Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
¶ If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Let all things be done decently and in order.
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as [was] Aaron.
And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God.
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for [as for] this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
¶ For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
Now consider how great this man [was], unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
¶ Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course,
As he saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
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