Withoutfather, withoutmother, withoutdescent, havingneitherbeginning of days, nor end of life; but madelikeunto the Son of God; abideth a priestcontinually.
And verilytheythat are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to taketithes of the peopleaccording to the law, that is, of theirbrethren, thoughtheycome out of the loins of Abraham:
If thereforeperfectionwere by the Leviticalpriesthood, (for under it the peoplereceived the law,) whatfurtherneed was therethatanotherpriestshouldriseafter the order of Melchisedec, and not be calledafter the order of Aaron?
(For thosepriestsweremadewithout an oath; but thiswith an oath by him thatsaidunto him, The Lordsware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for everafter the order of Melchisedec:)
Who needeth not daily, as thosehighpriests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
For the law maketh men highpriestswhichhaveinfirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.