The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

As he saith also in another {place}, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) {without...: or, without swearing of an oath}

And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, {even} Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

As he saith also in another {place}, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) {without...: or, without swearing of an oath}

Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. {without descent: Gr. without pedigree}

And I took my staff, {even} Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need {was there} that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.

And he shall have it, and his seed after him, {even} the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.