Hebrews 7:13-14

7:13 Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to ¹  a different tribe, and no one from that tribe ²  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.

Hebrews 7:9

7:9 And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.

Hebrews 7:16

7:16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent ³  but by the power of an indestructible life.

¹ tn Grk “shares in.”

² tn Grk “from which no one.”

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