Hebrews 7:12-17

12And if the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed to permit it.

13For the priest we are talking about belongs to a different tribe, whose members have never served at the altar as priests.

14What I mean is, our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe.

15This change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared.

16Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.

17And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”