17 For it is testified,

“You are a priest forever[a] according to the order of Melchizedek.”[b]

18 For on the one hand a preceding commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), but on the other hand there is the introduction of a better hope through which we draw near to God.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:17 Literally “for the age”
  2. Hebrews 7:17 A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see also Heb 5:6; 6:20)