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For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also of the law.
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Law and Priesthood are Linked
Commentators unanimously explain that the Old Testament law and the Levitical priesthood were inseparable. Therefore, when God established a new and better priesthood in Jesus Christ, the law associated with the old priesthood necessarily had to change as well. As one scholar puts it, the one could not stand without the other.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the priesthood being changed. According to the prediction in Psalm 110 that it would be. When that occurs, the specified consequence w…
The priesthood being changed (μετατιθεμενης της ιεροσυνης). Genitive absolute with present passive participle of μετατιθημ, old wo…
19th Century
Anglican
This verse connects itself with the parenthesis in Hebrews 7:11. For if the priesthood is changed there takes place also of necessity a change …
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Baptist
The law of the priesthood alters because the person of the priest, the character of the priest, and the very office of the priest had also altered.…
The link between the priesthood and the law meant that a change in the one involved a change in the other. The author is speaking of a change from …
16th Century
Protestant
For the priesthood being changed, or, transferred, etc. Since the authority of the Law and the priesthood is the same, Christ bec…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the priesthood being changed Not translated from one tribe, family, or order, to another, but utterly abolished;…
The priesthood and law, by which perfection could not come, are abolished; a Priest has risen, and a dispensation is now established, by which true…
13th Century
Catholic
Having proved the preeminence of Melchizedek’s priesthood over the Levitical, the Apostle now concludes that Christ’s priesthood is more excellent …
