Hebrews 7:13

13 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.

Hebrews 7:13 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 7:13

For he of whom these things are spoken
In ( Psalms 110:4 ) and in the type of him Melchizedek, in the preceding verses; for not Melchizedek is here meant, but the Lord Jesus Christ, as appears by what follows; the antitype of Melchizedek, the Lord our righteousness, the Prince of peace, the priest of God, that lives for ever, without father, without mother

pertaineth to another tribe;
the tribe of Judah, and not the tribe of Levi:

of which no man gave attendance at the altar;
either of burnt offering or of incense; that is, no man waited there, or took upon him and exercised the priest's office that was of the tribe of Judah: no man might lawfully do it; Uzziah, indeed, thrust himself into the priest's office, who was of that tribe, and went into the temple and burnt incense upon the altar of incense; but then he had no right to do it, and was punished for it.

Hebrews 7:13 In-Context

11 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.

12 And when a different kind of priest comes, the law must be changed, too.

13 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.

14 It is clear that our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests belonging to that tribe.

15 And this becomes even more clear when we see that another priest comes who is like Melchizedek.