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Hebrews 7

Hebrew Names Version HNV

1 For this Malki-Tzedek, king of Shalem, Kohen of El `Elyon, who met Avraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

2 to whom also Avraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, King of righteousness, and then also King of Shalem, which is King of shalom;

3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a Kohen continually.

4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Avraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.

5 They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the Kohen's office have a mitzvah to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the loins of Avraham,

6 but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has taken tithes of Avraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

7 But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.

8 Here men who die receive tithes, but there one, of whom it is testified that he lives.

9 So to say, through Avraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,

10 for he was yet in the loins of his father when Malki-Tzedek met him.

11 Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it have the people received the law), what further need was there for another Kohen to arise after the order of Malki-Tzedek, and not be called after the order of Aharon?

12 For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also of the law.

13 For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no man has given attendance at the altar.

14 For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Yehudah, as to which tribe Moshe spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

15 This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Malki-Tzedek there arises another Kohen,

16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly mitzvah, but after the power of an endless life:

17 for it is testified, "You are a Kohen forever, According to the order of Malki-Tzedek."

18 For there is an annulling of a foregoing mitzvah because of its weakness and uselessness

19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

20 Inasmuch as it is not without the taking of an oath,

21 for they indeed have been made Kohanim without an oath; but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a Kohen forever, According to the order of Malki-Tzedek'".

22 By so much has Yeshua become the collateral of a better covenant.

23 Many, indeed, have been made Kohanim, because they are hindered from continuing by death.

24 But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.

25 Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them.

26 For such a Kohen Gadol was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

27 who doesn't need, like those Kohenim Gedolim, to daily offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.

28 For the law appoints men Kohenim Gedolim, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, appoints a Son, perfected forevermore.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of the Highest God. He met Abraham, who was returning from "the royal massacre," and gave him his blessing.

2 Abraham in turn gave him a tenth of the spoils. "Melchizedek" means "King of Righteousness." "Salem" means "Peace." So, he is also "King of Peace."

3 Melchizedek towers out of the past - without record of family ties, no account of beginning or end. In this way he is like the Son of God, one huge priestly presence dominating the landscape always.

4 You realize just how great Melchizedek is when you see that Father Abraham gave him a tenth of the captured treasure.

5 Priests descended from Levi are commanded by law to collect tithes from the people, even though they are all more or less equals, priests and people, having a common father in Abraham.

6 But this man, a complete outsider, collected tithes from Abraham and blessed him, the one to whom the promises had been given.

7 In acts of blessing, the lesser is blessed by the greater.

8 Or look at it this way: We pay our tithes to priests who die, but Abraham paid tithes to a priest who, the Scripture says, "lives."

9 Ultimately you could even say that since Levi descended from Abraham, who paid tithes to Melchizedek,

10 when we pay tithes to the priestly tribe of Levi they end up with Melchizedek.

11 If the priesthood of Levi and Aaron, which provided the framework for the giving of the law, could really make people perfect, there wouldn't have been need for a new priesthood like that of Melchizedek.

12 But since it didn't get the job done, there was a change of priesthood, which brought with it a radical new kind of law.

13 There is no way of understanding this in terms of the old Levitical priesthood,

14 which is why there is nothing in Jesus' family tree connecting him with that priestly line.

15 But the Melchizedek story provides a perfect analogy: Jesus, a priest like Melchizedek,

16 not by genealogical descent but by the sheer force of resurrection life - he lives! -

17 "priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek."

18 The former way of doing things, a system of commandments that never worked out the way it was supposed to, was set aside;

19 the law brought nothing to maturity. Another way - Jesus! - a way that does work, that brings us right into the presence of God, is put in its place.

20 The old priesthood of Aaron perpetuated itself automatically, father to son, without explicit confirmation by God.

21 But then God intervened and called this new, permanent priesthood into being with an added promise: God gave his word; he won't take it back: "You're the permanent priest."

22 This makes Jesus the guarantee of a far better way between us and God - one that really works! A new covenant.

23 Earlier there were a lot of priests, for they died and had to be replaced.

24 But Jesus' priesthood is permanent. He's there from now to eternity

25 to save everyone who comes to God through him, always on the job to speak up for them.

26 So now we have a high priest who perfectly fits our needs: completely holy, uncompromised by sin, with authority extending as high as God's presence in heaven itself.

27 Unlike the other high priests, he doesn't have to offer sacrifices for his own sins every day before he can get around to us and our sins. He's done it, once and for all: offered up himself as the sacrifice.

28 The law appoints as high priests men who are never able to get the job done right. But this intervening command of God, which came later, appoints the Son, who is absolutely, eternally perfect.