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Levi was not yet born, but he was in the body of his ancestor when Melchizedek met Abraham.
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The people were given the lawn based on a system of priests from the tribe of Levi, but they could not be made perfect through that system. So there was a need for another priest to come, a priest like Melchizedek, not Aaron.
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And when a different kind of priest comes, the law must be changed, too.
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We are saying these things about Christ, who belonged to a different tribe. No one from that tribe ever served as a priest at the altar.
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It is clear that our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests belonging to that tribe.