7:11 So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood – for on that basis 7 the people received the law – what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?
1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4.
3 tn Grk “having been designated,” continuing the thought of Heb 5:9.
4 sn The phrase in the order of Melchizedek picks up the quotation from Ps 110:4 in Heb 5:6.
5 tn Grk “for he/it is witnessed that.”
6 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6 and 6:20).
7 tn Grk “based on it.”