7:1 For
this
Melchisedec
king
of
Salem,
Priest
of
the
most
high
God,
who
met
Abraham
returning
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Kings,
and
blessed
him:
7:2 To
whom
also
Abraham
gaue
a
tenth
part
of
all:
first
being
by
interpretation
king
of
righteousnesse,
and
after
that
also
king
of
Salem,
which
is,
king
of
peace.
7:3 Without
father,
without
mother,
without
descent,
hauing
neither
beginning
of
dayes
nor
end
of
life:
but
made
like
vnto
the
Sonne
of
God,
abideth
a
Priest
continually.
7:4 Now
consider
how
great
this
man
was,
vnto
who
euen
the
patriarch
Abraham
gaue
the
tenth
of
the
spoiles.
7:5 And
verily
they
that
are
of
the
sonnes
of
Leui,
who
receiue
the
office
of
the
Priesthood,
haue
a
commandement
to
take
Tithes
of
the
people
according
to
the
Law,
that
is
of
their
brethren,
though
they
come
out
of
the
loines
of
Abraham:
7:6 But
he
whose
descent
is
not
counted
from
them,
receiued
tithes
of
Abraham,
and
blessed
him
that
had
the
promises.
7:7 And
without
all
contradiction,
the
lesse
is
blessed
of
the
better.
7:8 And
here
men
that
die
receiue
tithes:
but
there
hee
receiueth
them,
of
whom
it
is
witnessed
that
he
liueth.
7:9 And
as
I
may
so
say,
Leui
also
who
receiueth
tithes,
payed
tithes
in
Abraham.
7:10 For
hee
was
yet
in
the
loynes
of
his
Father
when
Melchisedec
met
him.
7:11 If
therefore
perfection
were
by
the
Leuiticall
Priesthood
(for
vnder
it
the
people
receiued
the
Law)
what
further
neede
was
there,
that
another
Priest
should
rise
after
the
order
of
Melchisedec,
and
not
bee
called
after
the
order
of
Aaron
7:12 For
the
Priesthood
being
chaunged,
there
is
made
of
necessitie
a
change
also
of
the
Law.
7:13 For
hee
of
whom
these
things
are
spoken,
pertaineth
to
another
tribe,
of
which
no
man
gaue
attendance
at
the
Altar.
7:14 For
it
is
euident
that
our
Lorde
sprang
out
of
Iuda,
of
which
tribe
Moses
spake
nothing
cocerning
Priesthood.
7:15 And
it
is
yet
farre
more
euident:
for
that
after
the
similitude
of
Melchisedec
there
ariseth
another
Priest,
7:16 Who
is
made
not
after
the
Law
of
a
carnall
commandement,
but
after
the
power
of
an
endles
life.
7:17 For
hee
testifieth;
Thou
art
a
Priest
for
euer,
after
the
order
of
Melchisedec.
7:18 For
there
is
verily
a
disanulling
of
the
commandement
going
before,
for
the
weakenesse
and
vnprofitablenesse
thereof.
7:19 For
the
Law
made
nothing
perfect,
but
the
bringing
in
of
a
better
hope
did:
by
the
which
wee
draw
nigh
vnto
God.
7:20 And
in
as
much
as
not
without
an
othe
he
was
made
Priest,
7:21 (For
those
Priests
were
made
without
an
oath:
but
this
with
an
oath,
by
him
that
said
vnto
him,
The
Lord
sware
and
wil
not
repent,
thou
art
a
Priest
for
euer
after
the
order
of
Melchisedec)
7:22 By
so
much
was
Iesus
made
a
suertie
of
a
better
Testament.
7:23 And
they
truely
were
many
Priests,
because
they
were
not
suffered
to
continue
by
reason
of
death.
7:24 But
this
man
because
hee
continueth
euer,
hath
an
vnchangeable
Priesthood.
7:25 Wherefore
he
is
able
also
to
saue
them
to
the
vttermost,
that
come
vnto
God
by
him,
seeing
hee
euer
liueth
to
make
intercession
for
them.
7:26 For
such
an
high
Priest
became
vs,
who
is
holy,
harmelesse,
vndefiled,
separate
from
sinners,
and
made
higher
then
the
heauens.
7:27 Who
needeth
not
daily,
as
those
high
Priests,
to
offer
vp
sacrifice,
first
for
his
owne
sins
and
then
for
the
peoples:
for
this
he
did
once,
when
he
offered
vp
himselfe.
7:28 For
the
Law
maketh
men
high
Priests
which
haue
infirmitie,
but
the
word
of
the
othe
which
was
since
the
Law,
maketh
the
Sonne,
who
is
consecrated
for
euermore.