Hebrews 7:11
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?
King James Version
In Context
10For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
Cross References
Galatians 4:3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Colossians 2:10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Hebrews 5:10Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 7:15And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
Hebrews 7:21(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:)
Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 7:2-11
Melchisedec's Priesthood. ( a. d. 62.) 1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; 3 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. 4 Now… Read the whole commentary →