Hebrews 7

Hebrews 7:1

• For this Melchizedek,
• For this Melchizedek—
• For this Melchizedek, “
• Melchizedek was the

• King of
• king of

• Salem,
• Salem and
• Salem and a

• priest of the

• Most
• most

• High
• high

• God,
• God, who
• God. He

• met

• Abraham as
• Abraham when

• he was

• returning from the
• returning from
• coming back after

• defeating the
• slaughter of the
• defeat of the

• kings. And
• kings and
• kings” and “
• kings, and

• blessed
• Melchizedek blessed

• him”;
• him.
• him,
• him.”
• him;

Hebrews 7:2

• and Abraham
• Abraham

• gave him a tenth of

• everything;
• everything.

• first,
• First,

• his name

• means
• means “

• king of

• righteousness, and
• righteousness,” and
• righteousness,
• righteousness”;

• then

• also,
• also, “
• also
• also “

• king of

• Salem,” that
• Salem, that
• Salem. That
• Salem”
• Salem
• Salem,
• Salem,” which
• Salem, which

• means
• means “
• is
• is, ‘
• is, “
• is,
• meaning “
• meaning

• King of
• king of

• peace.’
• peace;
• peace”;
• peace.”
• peace,”
• peace.
• peace’.
• peace’;
• Peace.”
• Peace.”)
• peace).

Hebrews 7:3

• without father, without
• Without father, without
• He is without father or

• mother, without
• mother or
• mother, or

• genealogy, having neither beginning of

• days nor
• days or

• end of

• life, but
• life but

• resembling the
• made like the

• Son of

• God; he
• God: he
• God he
• God. He
• God, he
• God,
• God—
• God:
• God

• remains a
• he continues a

• priest
• priest for all
• priest for

• forever.
• time.
• ever.
• continually.

Hebrews 7:4

• But see how
• See how
• Now consider how
• You can see how
• Just think how

• great
• great this

• man
• he
• Melchizedek

• was to whom
• was, to whom
• was!

• Abraham, the
• Abraham the

• patriarch
• patriarch,

• gave a

• tenth of the
• tithe of the

• spoils.
• spoils!
• plunder.
• plunder!
• finest plunder.

Hebrews 7:5

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Hebrews 7:6

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Hebrews 7:7

• But without any dispute the
• And everyone knows that the
• It is beyond dispute that the
• Without a doubt, the

• lesser
• inferior
• more important person

• is
• blesses the

• blessed by the
• less

• greater.
• superior,
• superior.
• better.

Hebrews 7:8

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Hebrews 7:9

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Hebrews 7:10

• For he
• for he
• because he
• He

• was

• still in the
• still in
• yet in the

• loins of his
• body of his
• his

• ancestor when
• father when
• father, when
• ancestor

• Melchizedek
• Abraham when Melchizedek

• met

• him.
• Abraham.

Hebrews 7:11

• Now if
• If, then,

• perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the

• Law), what
• law), what

• further need would there have been for another

• priest to
• kind of priest to

• arise after the order of

• Melchizedek,”
• Melchizedek
• Melchizedek,
• Melchizedek and
• Melchizedek, and

• not
• rather than one

• according to the order of

• Aaron”?
• Aaron.
• Aaron?

Hebrews 7:12

• For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a

• change of
• change in the
• change of the

• law
• Law

• as well.

Hebrews 7:13

• For he of whom these things
• For He of whom these things
• For the one of whom these things

• are

• said,
• said
• spoken
• spoken about
• talking about

• belongs to another
• belonged to a
• belonged to another
• belongs to a

• tribe from which no
• tribe, from which no
• different tribe, no
• different tribe. No

• one
• member of which
• member

• has ever
• has
• ever

• served at the
• officiated at the

• altar;
• altar.

Hebrews 7:14

• For it is

• evident that
• clear that

• our Lord

• arose from
• descended from

• Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses

• said
• spoke

• nothing concerning

• priests.
• priesthood.

Hebrews 7:15

• And this becomes
• It is
• This is

• even
• even more

• clearer if another priest

• arises,
• arises
• comes, who
• comes who
• arises in the

• is like
• likeness of

• Melchizedek.
• Melchizedek,”
• Melchizedek,

Hebrews 7:16

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Hebrews 7:17

• for it is
• For it is
• For here is the

• testified: “
• testified, “
• attested of

• You
• Him, “You
• him, “You

• are a priest

• forever
• forever,
• forever, in the
• forever—in the

• According to the
• according to the

• order of

• Melchizedek.
• Melchizedek.”
• Melchizedek.’

Hebrews 7:18

• The old
• On the one hand, a former
• On the one hand a former
• The earlier

• commandment
• rule
• command

• is

• set aside because
• set aside, because
• set aside because of

• it was weak and
• its weakness and

• useless;
• useless
• useless,
• useless.
• uselessness,
• uselessness

Hebrews 7:19

• (for the law
• (for the Law
• for the law
• the law
• The law
• The Law of Moses
• The law of Moses

• made
• brought

• nothing
• nothing to

• perfect); on the
• perfect). On the

• other

• hand, a
• hand a

• better hope

• is
• has been

• introduced, through which
• given to

• we

• draw near to
• can come near to
• come near to
• approach

• God.

Hebrews 7:20

• And it
• None of this

• was not without an
• happened without an

• oath!
• oath.
• oath; for
• oath. For

• others
• Others

• became
• have become

• priests without an
• priests, there was no
• priests without any
• priests without a

• oath
• oath,
• oath.

Hebrews 7:21

• but he became a priest with an

• oath, when
• oath when
• oath by the
• oath.

• God
• one who

• said to

• Him, “The
• him, “The
• Him: The
• him: The
• him: ‘The
• him—‘The
• him: “The
• him, The

• Lord has

• sworn And
• sworn, and
• sworn and
• taken an oath and

• will not change

• his
• His

• mind.
• mind, ‘
• mind,
• mind. ‘
• mind: ‘
• mind:

• You

• are a
• will be a
• art a

• priest
• priest for

• forever
• forever.

• ”’—
• ”’
• ”’),
• ”’);

Hebrews 7:22

• by so much more
• Because of this oath,

• Jesus has become the

• guarantee of a
• guarantor of a

• better

• covenant.
• agreement from God to his people.
• promise.

Hebrews 7:23

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Hebrews 7:24

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Hebrews 7:25

• Therefore He
• Therefore he
• So he
• Consequently, he
• Consequently he

• is able to save completely those who

• come to
• draw near to

• God through

• him, because
• him because
• Him, since
• him, since

• He
• he

• always lives to

• make intercession for
• intercede for

• them.

Hebrews 7:26

• It
• For it

• was fitting that we should have such a high

• priest:
• priest,

• holy,

• innocent,
• blameless,

• undefiled;
• undefiled,
• pure,

• separated from
• separate from
• set apart from

• sinners and
• sinners, and
• sinners,

• exalted above the
• raised high above the

• heavens.
• heavens;
• heavens,

Hebrews 7:27

• He
• he

• has no need, like those high priests, to offer

• sacrifices every
• sacrifices
• sacrifices day after

• day,
• daily,

• first for

• their
• his

• own

• sins, and
• sins and

• then for those of the
• then for the

• people.
• people;
• people; for this
• people, for this
• people. For this
• people, since
• people; this

• He
• he

• did
• did this

• once for all, when
• once for all when
• once and for all when
• once and for all, when

• He
• he

• offered
• offered up

• himself!
• Himself.
• himself.

Hebrews 7:28

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