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
For on the one hand a preceding commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness
Hebrews 8:7
For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, occasion would not have been sought for a second.
Hebrews 10:1
For the law, possessing a shadow of the good [things] that are about to come, not the form of things itself, [is] never able {year by year} by means of the same sacrifices which they offer without interruption to make perfect those who draw near.
Galatians 2:21
I do not declare invalid the grace of God, for if righteousness [is] through the law, then Christ died to no purpose.
Galatians 4:3
So also we, when we were children, we were enslaved under the elemental spirits of the world.
Colossians 2:10
and you are filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority,
What
Hebrews 7:26
For a high priest such as this indeed is fitting for us, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and having become exalted [above] the heavens,
Another
Hebrews 7:15
And it is still more clear, if another priest according to the likeness of Melchizedek arises,
Hebrews 5:6
just as also in another [place] he says, "You [are] a priest {forever} according to the order of Melchizedek,"
Hebrews 6:20
where Jesus, the forerunner for us, entered, [because he] became a high priest {forever} according to the order of Melchizedek.
General references
Numbers 20:26
Strip off Aaron's garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; Aaron will be gathered [to his people], and he will die there."