MELCHIZEDEK


Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New 
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

GEN 14:18  Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He 
was priest of God Most High,

19  and he blessed Abram, saying, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, 
Creator of heaven and earth.

20  And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your 
hand." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

PSA 110:4  The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: "You are a 
priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek."

HEB 5:6  And he says in another place, "You are a priest forever, in the 
order of Melchizedek."

10  and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of 
Melchizedek.

6:20  where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has 
become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.

7:1  This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met 
Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,

2  and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means "king 
of righteousness"; then also, "king of Salem" means "king of peace."

3  Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days 
or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever.

4  Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth 
of the plunder!

5  Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to 
collect a tenth from the people--that is, their brothers--even though their 
brothers are descended from Abraham.

6  This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected 
a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

7  And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater.

8  In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other 
case, by him who is declared to be living.

9  One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth 
through Abraham,

10  because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his 
ancestor.

11  If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood 
(for on the basis of it the law was given to the people), why was there 
still need for another priest to come--one in the order of Melchizedek, not 
in the order of Aaron?

12  For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a 
change of the law.

13  He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no 
one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.

14  For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to 
that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

15  And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like 
Melchizedek appears,

16  one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his 
ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.

17  For it is declared: "You are a priest forever, in the order of 
Melchizedek."

18  The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless

19  (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by 
which we draw near to God.

20  And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,

21  but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: "The Lord has 
sworn and will not change his mind: 'You are a priest forever.'"

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