7:17 For here is the testimony about him: 1 “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” 2 7:18 On the one hand a former command is set aside 3 because it is weak and useless, 4 7:19 for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
1 tnGrk “for he/it is witnessed that.”
2 sn A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see Heb 5:6 and 6:20).
3 tnGrk “the setting aside of a former command comes to pass.”
4 tnGrk “because of its weakness and uselessness.”