as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

where Jesus has entered as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Now if perfection could have been through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not one designated according to the order of Aaron?

For it is declared of him, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

then he said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned."

This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, in order that what cannot be shaken may remain.