"If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need …" — Hebrews 7:11

Hebrews 7:11 · KJV

“If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need {was there} that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?”

— Hebrews 7:11

Verse 10

For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

Verse 12

For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Hebrews 7 — Context

And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need {was there} that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.

Cross References

Hebrews 8:7

For if that first {covenant} had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Galatians 2:21

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness {come} by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Hebrews 7:17-19

For he testifieth, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Galatians 4:9

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? {turn ye again: or, turn ye back} {elements: or, rudiments}

Hebrews 7:21

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) {without...: or, without swearing of an oath}

Hebrews 5:6

As he saith also in another {place}, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 7:15

And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

Hebrews 8:10-13

For this {is} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: {put: Gr. give} {in: or, upon}