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# General Information:
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This quote comes from a psalm of King David.
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# What we say is clearer yet
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"We can understand even more clearly." Here "we" refers to the author and his audience. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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# if another priest arises
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"if another priest comes"
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# in the likeness of Melchizedek
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This means that Christ as a priest has things in common with Melchizedek as a priest. AT: "in the same way that Melchizedek was a priest"
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# It was not based on the law
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"His becoming priest was not based on the law"
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# the law of fleshly descent
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The idea of human descent is spoken of as if it had only to do with the flesh of one's body. AT: "the law of human descent" or "the law about priests' descendants becoming priests" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# For scripture witnesses about him
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This speaks about scripture as if it were a person who could witness about something. AT: "For God witnesses about him through the scriptures" or "For this is what was written about him in the scripture" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# after the manner of Melchizedek
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This means that Christ as a priest has things in common with Melchizedek as a priest. AT: "in the same way that Melchizedek was a priest"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/raise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/like]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/melchizedek]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/law]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/power]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/testimony]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/eternity]] |