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16 He has become a priest by the power of a life that can’t be destroyed, rather than a legal requirement about physical descent. 17 This is confirmed:

You are a priest forever,
        according to the order of Melchizedek.[a]

Able to save completely

18 On the one hand, an earlier command is set aside because it was weak and useless

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16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is declared:

“You are a priest forever,
    in the order of Melchizedek.”[a](A)

18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:17 Psalm 110:4