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Hebrews 7:17

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17 For it is attested of him, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."
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Hebrews 7:17 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 7:17

For he testifieth
That is, either David, the penman of the psalm, or rather the Holy Ghost, the enditer of it, or God in the Scripture, in ( Psalms 110:4 ) of this form of citing Scripture, (See Gill on Hebrews 2:6).

thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec;
see ( Hebrews 5:6 Hebrews 5:10 ) ( 6:20 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Hebrews 7:17 In-Context

15 It is even more obvious when another priest arises, resembling Melchizedek,
16 one who has become a priest, not through a legal requirement concerning physical descent, but through the power of an indestructible life.
17 For it is attested of him, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."
18 There is, on the one hand, the abrogation of an earlier commandment because it was weak and ineffectual
19 (for the law made nothing perfect); there is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope, through which we approach God.
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