¹ And He showed me Joshua the great priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan^* standing at his right·​·hand to oppose him.

² And Jehovah said to^▵ Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, Satan. And Jehovah, who has chosen Jerusalem, will rebuke thee. Is not this a firebrand rescued out·​·of the fire?

³ And Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

⁴ And he answered and said to^▵ those who stood before him, saying, Remove the filthy garments from on him. And to^▵ him he said, See, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from on thee, and I will clothe thee with a change·​·of·​·vestment.

⁵ And I said, Let them set a clean tiara on his head. And they set the clean tiara on his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by.

⁶ And the angel of Jehovah testified to Joshua, saying,

⁷ Thus says Jehovah of Armies: If thou wilt walk^◦ in My ways, and if thou wilt keep My charge, then thou^◦ shalt also make·​·judgment^◦ for My house, and shalt also keep My courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these who stand.

⁸ Hear now^◦, O Joshua the great priest, thou^◦, and thy companions sitting before thee; for these^◦ men^◦ are a portent; for, behold, I will cause My Servant the Growing·​·Branch to come.

⁹ For behold, the stone that I have put^◦ before Joshua: on one stone shall be seven eyes; behold, I will engrave its engraving, says^◦ Jehovah of Armies, and I will withdraw the iniquity of that^◦ land in one day.

¹⁰ In that^◦ day, says^◦ Jehovah of Armies, you shall call, a man^◦ to his companion, under the vine and under the fig·​·tree.

¹ For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

² to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace;

³ without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.

⁴ Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.

⁵ They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,

⁶ but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

⁷ But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

⁸ Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.

⁹ We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,

¹⁰ for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.

¹¹ Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

¹² For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.

¹³ For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

¹⁵ This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

¹⁶ who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

¹⁷ for it is testified, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."

¹⁸ For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

¹⁹ (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

²⁰ Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath

²¹ (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'"

²² By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.

²³ Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.

²⁴ But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.

²⁵ Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

²⁶ For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

²⁷ who doesn't need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.

²⁸ For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.