Hebrews 7:16-18

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¹⁶who has become a priest, not according to a legal requirement concerning bodily descent but by the power of an indestructible life. ¹⁷For it is witnessed of him,

“Thou art a priest for ever,
after the order of Melchiz′edek.”

¹⁸On the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness

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