Yehudim in Moshiach 7:16-18

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁶ One who became a kohen, not by means of a mitzvat haTorah concerning yichus (lineage), but according to the gevurah of a Chayyei Ein Sof (Endless Life).

¹⁷ For of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach comes the solemn eidus, "ATAH KOHEN L’OLAM AL DIVRATI MALKI TZEDEK" ("You are a kohen forever according to the order of Malki Tzedek" TEHILLIM 110:4).

¹⁸ For, on the one hand, there is an abrogation of an earlier mitzvah because of its weakness and ineffectuality