12 And when the rules for selecting a priest are changed, the Law must also be changed.
13 The person we are talking about is our Lord, who came from a tribe that had never had anyone to serve as a priest at the altar.
14 Everyone knows he came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never said priests would come from that tribe.
15 All of this becomes clearer, when someone who is like Melchizedek is appointed to be a priest.
16 That person wasn't appointed because of his ancestors, but because his life can never end.
17 The Scriptures say about him,“You are a priest forever,just like Melchizedek.”
18 In this way a weak and useless command was put aside,