17For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 11-28)Observe the necessity there was of raising up another priest, after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron, by whom that perfection should come which could not come by the Levitical priesthood, which therefore must be changed, and the whole economy with it, Heb. 7:11 , 12 Here, I. It is asserted that perfection could not come by the Levitical priesthood and the law. They could n...
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