7:16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent 1 but by the power of an indestructible life.
Hebrews 7:28
7:28 For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, 2 but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.
1 tnGrk “a law of a fleshly command.”
2 sn See Heb 5:2 where this concept was introduced.