12. For since the priesthood has been transferred, it is necessary that the law also be transferred.
13. For he about whom these things have been spoken is from another tribe, in which no one attends before the altar.
14. For it is evident that our Lord arose out of Judah, a tribe about which Moses said nothing concerning priests.
15. And yet it is far more evident that, according to the likeness of Melchizedek, there rises up another priest,
16. who was made, not according to the law of a carnal commandment, but according to the virtue of an indissoluble life.
17. For he testifies: "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."