As he also in another place speaketh, "Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

and is called of God a high priest, after the order of Melchizedek.

whither the forerunner is for us entered in, I mean Jesus that is made a high priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.

This Melchizedek, king of Salem - which being priest of the most high God, met Abraham, as he returned again from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him:

For he was yet in the loins of his father Abraham, when Melchizedek met him.

If now therefore perfection came by the priesthood of the Levites - for under that priesthood the people received the law - what needed it furthermore that another priest should rise, after the order of Melchizedek, and not after the order of Aaron?

And it is yet a more evident thing, if after the similitude of Melchizedek there arise another priest,

For he testifieth, "Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

Those priests were made without an oath: but this priest with an oath, by him that said unto him, "The Lord sware, and will not repent: Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."