For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
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For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
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For he of whom these thynges are spoken pertayneth vnto another trybe of which never man served at the aultre.
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For hee of whome these things are spoken, perteineth vnto another tribe, whereof no man serued at the altar.
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- Hebrews 7:11 Now if perfection was 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?
- Hebrews 7:14 For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.
- Numbers 17:5 It shall happen that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. I will make the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you, cease from me.”
- 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense. Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him eighty priests of Yahweh, who were valiant men. They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.” Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in Yahweh’s house, beside the altar of incense. Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from there. Yes, he himself also hurried to go out, because Yahweh had struck him. Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from Yahweh’s house. Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
- Numbers 16:40 to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before Yahweh, that he not be as Korah, and as his company; as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 13. For he of whom these things are spoken,…
13. For he of whom these things are spoken, or, said, etc. As the Apostle was speaking to them who confessed Jesus the Son of Mary to be the Christ, he proves that an end was put to the ancient priesthood, because the new Priest, who had been set in the place of the old, was of another tribe, and not of Levi; for according to the Law the honor of the priesthood was to continue, by a special privilege, in that tribe. But he says that it was evident that Christ was born of the tribe of Judah, for it was then a fact commonly known. As then they acknowledged that he was the Christ, it was also necessary that they should be persuaded that he was the son of David; for he who had been promised could derive his origin from no other.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Had anything to do about the altar.
Had anything to do about the altar.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 13 For he of whom these things are spoken…
13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
Ver. 13. Pertaineth to another tribe] That of Judah, Heb 7:14, which therefore is first reckoned, Rev 7:5, among those that were sealed; as of those that came by Rachel, Nepthalim hath the first place; because in that tribe Christ dwelt, viz. at Capernaum; Ut utrobique superemineat Christi proerogativa.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth…
For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe: that this priesthood was so altered, he proves by Christ’s being of another tribe than Levi. This is a periphrasis, describing the priest after Melchisedec’s order. Of whom was this said in Psa 110:4, but of Christ, God-man, the royal High Priest of God? Mat 21:42. He, as to his human nature, descended of the tribe of Judah, and not of Levi; and so the Aaronical priesthood was ended by him, Heb 2:14; Gen 49:10.
Of which no man gave attendance at the altar; of which tribe none was at priest, whose work was to attend the altar, and offer sacrifice; if any of another tribe pretended to, or would usurp it, God either smote them, as Uzziah, 2Ch 26:18, or destroyed them, as those rebels, Num 16:1-3,28-35; neither was the priesthood hereby made tribual, or continued in any such tribe as in Levi, but confined to our Lord only, not because he descended of Judah, but extraordinarily selected of God out of it to discharge it.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain In the foregoing verses, our apostle had asserted the…
In the foregoing verses, our apostle had asserted the change of the Priesthood, and there with the changing of the law. In these verses he proves it by the translation of the Priesthood, and therewith the changing of the law. In these verses he proves it by the translation of the Priesthood to another tribe; namely, from Levi to Judah. The Levitical Priesthood was confined to one certain tribe, that of Levi, and to one certain family, that of Aaron:
Whence it follows, that the tribe being changed, and God having instituted a Priest of another tribe, the Priesthood must be changed also. Now it being evident, that Christ sprang not of the Tribe of Levi, but out of Judah, the apostle from the changing of the tribe, strongly infers the change of the Priesthood.
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Note here, 1. How it was a fruit of the manifold wisdom of God, and a very great mercy and favour to give the law, but a far greater to take it away.
2. If under the law, the whole worship of God did so depend on the Priesthood, that that failing, the whole worship was to cease, as being no more acceptable to God, how much more will all worship under the New Testament be rejected by him, if there be not a due regard therein to our Lord Jesus Christ, as the great and only High Priest of his church.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For it is evident that our Lord sprang out…
For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah,.... Out of the tribe of Judah; it is certain that the Messiah was to spring from that tribe, Gen 49:10 he was to be of the family of Jesse, and of the house of David; and hence he is sometimes called David himself; and so the Jews expect that he will come from the tribe of Judah, and not from any other (p); and it is evident that Jesus, who is our Lord by creation, redemption, and the conquest of his grace, sprung from this tribe: this is clear from the place of his birth, Bethlehem of Judah; and from his reputed father Joseph, and real mother Mary, being both of the house of David; and this was known to the Jews, and it is owned by them that he was near to the kingdom (q), which he could not be if he was not of that tribe; and hence he is called the lion of the tribe of Judah;
of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning the priesthood: he said many things of it in Deu 33:8 and relates many things concerning it as spoken by Jacob, but nothing about the priesthood, as if it belonged to that, or that any that should spring from it should exercise that office, The Alexandrian copy, the Claromontane manuscript, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, "concerning the priests"; whence it follows that there is a change of the priesthood, and that the Messiah, as he was not to be, so he is not a priest of Aaron's order, not being of the same tribe.
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(p) Raya Mehimna in Zohar in Exod. fol. 49. 3. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 62. 2. (q) T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 43. 1.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain But the priesthood is manifestly changed from one order…
But the priesthood is manifestly changed from one order to another, and from one tribe to another. For he of whom these things are spoken - Namely, Jesus. Pertaineth to another tribe - That of Judah. Of which no man was suffered by the law to attend on, or minister at, the altar.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. For he of whom these things are…
Verse 13. For he of whom these things are spoken] That is, Jesus the Messiah, spoken of in Ps 110:4, who came, not from the tribe of Levi, but from the tribe of Judah, of which tribe no priest ever ministered at a Jewish altar, nor could minister according to the law.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For he of whom these things are spoken -…
For he of whom these things are spoken - The Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to whom they had reference. The things here spoken of pertain to his office as priest; his being of the order of Melchizedek. The apostle here “assumes” it as a point concerning which there could be no dispute, that these things referred to the Lord Jesus. Those whom he addressed would not be disposed to call this in question, and his argument had conducted him to this conclusion.
Pertaineth to another tribe - To the tribe of Judah; Heb 7:14.
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Of which no man gave attendance at the altar - The priestly office pertained only to the tribe of Levi. No one of the tribe of Judah had any part in the performance of the duties of that office. This was settled by the Jewish Law.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Confirming the truth that a change is made of…
Confirming the truth that a change is made of the law (Heb 7:12), by another fact showing the distinctness of the new priesthood from the Aaronic.
these things-- (Psa 110:4).
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pertaineth--Greek, "hath partaken of" (the perfect tense implies the continuance still of His manhood).
another--"a different tribe" from that of Levi.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. And this accords with fact.
13. And this accords with fact.
For he—Christ.
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These things—In the psalmist.
Another tribe—Than Levi.
No man… altar—Discharged priestly functions.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. pertaineth] Lit., “hath had part in.”
13. pertaineth] Lit., “hath had part in.”
of which no man gave attendance at the altar] Sacerdotal privileges were exclusively assigned to the tribe of Levi (Deu_10:8; Num_3:5-8). The attempt of King Uzziah, who was of the tribe of Judah, to assume priestly functions, had been terribly punished (2Ch_26:3-19).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) In Heb_7:11 the “other priest” is spoken of…
(13) In Heb_7:11 the “other priest” is spoken of as not connected with Aaron; Heb_7:12 is interposed to show the serious significance of such a fact; here the assertion of Heb_7:11 is substantiated—not, however, from the words of the Psalm, but from their fulfilment in Jesus.
Pertaineth.—Literally, hath partaken of: the same word is used in Heb_2:14, “He also . . . . took part of the same.”
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Another tribe, of which no man gave . . .—Better, a different tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar. In comparison with Levi every tribe was not merely “another,” but essentially, in regard to the subject before us, “a different tribe.”
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 13. For he of whom these things are spoken.…
13. For he of whom these things are spoken. Of whom an unchangeable priesthood is predicted. Pertaineth to another tribe. All the priests of the Jewish dispensation had been of the tribe of Levi, but Christ was not of this tribe.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 For the one
For the one
This refers to Jesus.
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about whom these things are said
This can be stated in active form. AT: "about whom I am speaking" (See: Active or Passive)
Now
This does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.
it is from Judah that our Lord was born
The words "our Lord" refer to Jesus.
from Judah
"from the tribe of Judah"
translationWords
tribe
servant
altar
Judah
lord
Moses
priest
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:13-14 Jesus belongs to a different tribe: Under the…
7:13-14 Jesus belongs to a different tribe: Under the old covenant, priests came from the tribe of Levi, whereas Jesus was from the tribe of Judah.
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