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16 one who has become a priest, not through a legal requirement concerning physical descent, but through the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is attested of him,

‘You are a priest for ever,
    according to the order of Melchizedek.’

18 There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual

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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)

18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:17 Psalm 110:4