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A Priesthood of Flesh vs. Spirit
Commentators explain that the old Levitical priesthood was based on a 'carnal commandment.' This means it was tied to earthly things: physical ancestry, external rituals like special clothing and ointments, and the limitations of human mortality. It was a temporary system focused on outward purity.
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 7:16
18th Century
Theologian
Who is made. That is, the other priest is made—namely, the Messiah. He was made a priest by a special law.
Not after the law of…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 7:16
Carnal (σαρκινης). "Fleshen" as in 1 Corinthians 3:1, not σαρκικης (fleshlike, 1 Corinthians 3:3). The Lev…
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 7:16
19th Century
Bishop
A carnal commandment.—Literally (according to the true reading of the Greek), a commandment of flesh: one that is limite…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 7:15–18
19th Century
Preacher
The old Levitical law is annulled; it became weak and unprofitable; and now a higher and better dispensation is ushered in with a greater and undyi…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 7:16
This priest is distinguished by the quality of his life. “A regulation as to his ancestry” renders an expression that is literally “a law of a fles…
John Calvin
On Hebrews 7:16
16th Century
Theologian
Carnal commandment, etc. It was called carnal because it refers to physical things, that is, to external rites. We know …
John Gill
On Hebrews 7:16
17th Century
Pastor
Who was made
Not as man, much less as God; but as a priest, constituted and appointed one:
not af…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 7:11–25
17th Century
Minister
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…