9. One might say that Levi also, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,
10. for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met Abraham.
11. If perfection were attained through the Levitical priesthood (for through it the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should rise in the order of Melchizedek, rather than established in the order of Aaron?
12. For a change in the priesthood necessitates a change in the law.
13. For the One concerning whom these things are spoken pertains to another tribe, from which no man served at the altar.
14. For it is evident that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe concerning which Moses said nothing about priests.
15. This is far more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,
16. who becomes a priest not by a law pertaining to ancestry, but by the power of an endless life.
17. For He testifies: “You are a priest forever,in the order of Melchizedek.”
18. For there is then an annulling of the previous commandment due to its weakness and uselessness.
19. For the law made nothing perfect, but now a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.