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Hebrews 07 General Notes

Structure and formatting

Some translations prefer to set apart quotations of the Old Testament. The ULB and many other English translations indent all the lines of 7:17, 21, which are quotations from the Old Testament.

Special concepts in this chapter

High priest

Jesus' role as high priest is explained in detail in this chapter. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin).

Melchizedek

The high priest was normally from the tribe of Levi, but Jesus was from the ruling tribe, Judah. His right to be a priest came from the tradition of Melchizedek, who was a priest before the Levites came into existence. This passage will be difficult to understand if Genesis has not been translated first. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

New Covenant

The author mentions the New Covenant and discusses Jesus' relationship to it. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/newcovenant)