Hebrews 7:12-17

7:12 For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come ¹  as well. 7:13 Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to ²  a different tribe, and no one from that tribe ³  has ever officiated at the altar. 7:14 For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe. 7:15 And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, 7:16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent ⁴  but by the power of an indestructible life. 7:17 For here is the testimony about him: ⁵  “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ⁶ 

¹ tn Grk “of necessity a change in the law comes to pass.”

² tn Grk “shares in.”

³ tn Grk “from which no one.”

³ tn Grk “a law of a fleshly command.”

⁴ tn Grk “for he/it is witnessed that.”

⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6 and 6:20).