Hebrews 7:15-17

Good News Translation

Another Priest, like Melchizedek

¹⁵The matter becomes even plainer; a different priest has appeared, who is like Melchizedek. ¹⁶He was made a priest, not by human rules and regulations, but through the power of a life which has no end. ¹⁷^(A)For the scripture says, “You will be a priest forever, in the priestly order of Melchizedek.”^[a]

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Footnotes

Hebrews 7:17 in the priestly order of Melchizedek (see 5.6).

Hebrews 7:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, ¹⁶one 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. ¹⁷For it is declared:

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

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