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# Connecting Statement:
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The writer states that the priesthood of Melchizedek is better than Aaron's priesthood and then reminds them that the priesthood of Aaron did not make anything perfect.
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# this man was
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"Melchizedek was"
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# The sons of Levi who receive the priesthood
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The author says this because not all of Levi's sons became priests. AT: "The descendants of Levi who became priests" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-distinguish]])
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# from the people
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"from the people of Israel"
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# from their brothers
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Here "brothers" means they are all related to each other through Abraham. AT: "from their relatives"
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# they, too, have come from Abraham's body
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This is a way of saying that they were descendants of Abraham. AT: "they, too, are descendants of Abraham" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# whose descent was not traced from them
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"who was not a descendant of Levi"
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# the one who had the promises
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The things that God promised to do for Abraham are spoken of as if they were objects that he could possess. AT: the one to whom God had spoken his promises" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tenth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/levite]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]] |