Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
What
Another
General references
Bible References
Perfection
Hebrews 7:18
So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable
Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one.
Hebrews 10:1
Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come, and not the actual form of those realities, it can never perfect the worshipers by the same sacrifices they continually offer year after year.
Galatians 2:21
I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
Galatians 4:3
In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elemental forces of the world.
Colossians 2:10
and you have been filled by Him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
What
Hebrews 7:26
For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
Another
Hebrews 7:15
And this becomes clearer if another priest like Melchizedek appears,
Hebrews 5:6
also said in another passage, You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:20
Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
General references
Numbers 20:26
Remove Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and die there.”