16. One who became a kohen, not by means of a mitzvat haTorah concerning yichus (lineage), but according to the gevurah of a Chayyei Ein Sof (Endless Life).
17. For of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach comes the solemn eidus, "ATAH KOHEN L'OLAM AL DIVRATI MALKI TZEDEK" ("You are a kohen forever according to the order of Malki Tzedek" TEHILLIM 110:4).
18. For, on the one hand, there is an abrogation of an earlier mitzvah because of its weakness and ineffectuality
19. For the Torah brought nothing to shleimut (perfection); on the other hand, there is the mavo (introduction) of a tikvah tovah yoter (a better hope) through which we draw near to Hashem.
20. This was attested with a shevu'ah (oath); for others who became kohanim were installed in the office of kehunah without a shevu'ah;
21. But the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach became a kohen with a shevu'ah (oath) through the One saying to Him, "Hashem has made an oath and will not change his mind, You are a kohen forever" [TEHILLIM 110:4].
22. According to such a shevu'ah of Hashem, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua has become the arev (surety, guarantee) of a tovah yoter HaBrit.
23. Not only this, but it was the fact that the former kohanim were many in number, because mavet prevented them from continuing in the office of kehunah.
24. But because Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach continues l'olam (forever), he has an unchangeable Kehunah.