Hebrews 6:20–7:1

6:20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.21

The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood

7:1 Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him.1

21	sn A quotation from Ps 110:4, picked up again from Heb 5:6, 10.
1	sn A series of quotations from Gen 14:17–19.