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15 And what we say is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest, 16 who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an [a]endless life: 17 for it is witnessed of him,

[b]Thou art a priest for ever
After the order of Melchizedek.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:16 Greek indissoluble.
  2. Hebrews 7:17 Ps. 110:4.

15 And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, 16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is declared:

“You are a priest forever,
    in the order of Melchizedek.”[a](A)

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  1. Hebrews 7:17 Psalm 110:4