10. Even though Levi had not yet been born, he was in the body of Abraham when Melchizedek met him.
11. The people established the Levitical priesthood based on instructions they received. If the work of the Levitical priests had been perfect, we wouldn’t need to speak about another kind of priest. However, we speak about another kind of priest, a priest like Melchizedek, not a Levitical priest like Aaron.
12. When a different kind of priesthood is established, the regulations for those priests are different.
13. The priest whom we are talking about was a member of a different tribe. No one from that tribe ever served as a priest at the altar.
14. Everyone knows that our Lord came from the tribe of Judah. Moses never said anything about priests coming from that tribe.