Context 5:9 And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
5:10 and he was designated1 by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.2
[5:10]1tnGrk “having been designated,” continuing the thought of Heb 5:9.
[5:10]2sn The phrase in the order of Melchizedek picks up the quotation from Ps 110:4 in Heb 5:6.