The priesthoods of both Jesus and Melchizedek are outside the genealogical boundaries of the Levitical priesthood, boundaries grounded in the Law of Moses (Exodus 28:1–4; 29:44; Leviticus 8; etc.). Melchizedek and Jesus were appointed by God to priesthoods that do not base their validity on having Levi as an ancestor. Melchizedek was appointed “priest of the Most High God” apart from recorded genealogical credentials, and Jesus has been appointed our great high priest “not on the basis of a legal