¹⁶ who attains this rank not because of a law concerning physical descent but through the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. ¹⁷ What scripture says about him, after all, is, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.” ¹⁸ What is happening here is that the previous commandment is being set aside. It was, after all, weak and useless;