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Simplified Cowboy Version

Hebrews 7:13

The trail we follow now never came from the line of Levi.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Melchizedek;   Priest;   Succession;   Types;   Scofield Reference Index - Sacrifice;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Priest, the;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Melchizedek;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Law;   Priest, Christ as;   Priest, Priesthood;   Psalms, Theology of;   Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Covenant;   Offices of Christ;   Preaching;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hebrews, the Epistle to the;   High Priest;   Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hebrews;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Melchizedek;   Perfection;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Altar;   Hebrews Epistle to the;   Immortality;   Priest (2);   Tribes ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Melchisedec, Melchizedek ;   21 Another Different;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Paul;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Law of Moses, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Attend;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   Hebrews, Epistle to the;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 6;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For the one these things are spoken about belonged to a different tribe. No one from it has served at the altar.
King James Version (1611)
For hee of whom these things are spoken, pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gaue attendance at the Altar.
King James Version
For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
English Standard Version
For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
New American Standard Bible
For the one about whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
New Century Version
We are saying these things about Christ, who belonged to a different tribe. No one from that tribe ever served as a priest at the altar.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
Legacy Standard Bible
For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
Berean Standard Bible
He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
Contemporary English Version
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
The one about whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar;
Darby Translation
For he, of whom these things are said, belongs to a different tribe, of which no one has [ever] been attached to the service of the altar.
Easy-to-Read Version
We are talking about our Lord Christ, who belonged to a different tribe. No one from that tribe ever served as a priest at the altar. It is clear that Christ came from the tribe of Judah. And Moses said nothing about priests belonging to that tribe.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For hee of whome these things are spoken, perteineth vnto another tribe, whereof no man serued at the altar.
George Lamsa Translation
For he, concerning whom these things are spoken, was born of another tribe, from which no man ever ministered at the altar.
Good News Translation
And our Lord, of whom these things are said, belonged to a different tribe, and no member of his tribe ever served as a priest.
Lexham English Bible
For the one about whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe from which no one has officiated at the altar.
Literal Translation
For the One of whom these things are said has partaken of another tribe, from which no one has given devotion at the altar.
Amplified Bible
For the One of whom these things are said belonged [not to the priestly line of Levi but] to another tribe, from which no one has officiated or served at the altar.
American Standard Version
For he of whom these things are said belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar.
Bible in Basic English
For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.
Hebrew Names Version
For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no man has given attendance at the altar.
International Standard Version
For the person we are talking about belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever servedfrom which no one has served
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Etheridge Translation
For he concerning whom these things are said was born from another tribe, from which no man hath ministered at the altar.
Murdock Translation
For he of whom these things were spoken, was born of another tribe, of which no one ever ministered at the altar.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he of whom these thynges are spoken, parteyneth vnto another tribe, of which no man stoode at the aulter.
English Revised Version
For he of whom these things are said belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar.
World English Bible
For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no man has given attendance at the altar.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For he of whom these things are spoken, pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man attended on the altar.
Weymouth's New Testament
He, however, to whom that prophecy refers is associated with a different tribe, not one member of which has anything to do with the altar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But he in whom these thingis ben seid, is of another lynage, of which no man was preest to the auter.
Update Bible Version
For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no man has given attendance at the altar.
Webster's Bible Translation
For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
New English Translation
Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.
New King James Version
For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar.
New Living Translation
For the priest we are talking about belongs to a different tribe, whose members have never served at the altar as priests.
New Life Bible
These things speak of Christ Who is from another family group. That family group never had a religious leader who killed animals and gave gifts at the altar for the sins of the people.
New Revised Standard
Now the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, he as to whom these things are said, with a different tribe, hath taken partnership, from which, no one, hath given attendance at the altar;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For he of whom these things are spoken is of another tribe, of which no one attended on the altar.
Revised Standard Version
For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For he of whom these thynges are spoken pertayneth vnto another trybe of which never man served at the aultre.
Young's Literal Translation
for he of whom these things are said in another tribe hath had part, of whom no one gave attendance at the altar,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For he of whom these thinges are spoken, is of another trybe, of the which neuer man serued at the altare.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for he who was there mention'd was of another tribe, none of whom ever gave attendance at the altar.

Contextual Overview

11So the Levites were the preachers of the Code of the Law, but obviously this code didn't make anyone perfect. That's why God came along and took us down the trail to perfection that Mel had started instead of continuing to follow the one that Levi and Aaron took. 12So if the trail has changed, the Law must also be changed to allow it. 13The trail we follow now never came from the line of Levi. 14Jesus came from the line of Judah, not Levi. Moses never mentioned those from Judah as being priests who showed others the trail to follow. 15I mentioned that the trail had changed. That's because there is a new trail boss, one who closely resembled old Mel. 16Jesus is the trail boss now. It's not because he was papered a certain way, it's because he has the power of everlasting life. 17Even in the Psalms it talks about this when it says, "You will forever be the trail boss who leads us down the trail like Mel did." 18All the old Code of the Law, or the old trail, was abandoned because it couldn't save people's souls. 19The Law never made anything perfect. But now we are confident this new trail leads us straight to God. 20This new trail was blazed through the world with a solemn oath. Aaron's people never made an oath to become priests.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

of which: Numbers 16:40, Numbers 17:5, 2 Chronicles 26:16-21

Reciprocal: Joel 1:13 - ye ministers

Cross-References

Hebrews 11:7
It was by a heapin' of faith that Noah built him a big boat for his family to ride out the storm that wiped everyone else out. It was as simple as listening to God and doing what he said—even though no one had even heard of such a thing happening before. Noah's faith was the dividing line between who was saved and who was lost.
1 Peter 3:20
I'm talking about those who scoffed at Noah while he built his boat. Only eight folks survived the flood and the rest drowned like rats.
2 Peter 2:5
God got so fed up with our ancient ancestors that he destroyed the whole world with a flood. Only Noah and seven others were saved. Noah was a cowboy who urged righteous living and practiced what he preached.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he of whom these things are spoken,.... In Psalms 110:4 and in the type of him Melchizedek, in the preceding verses; for not Melchizedek is here meant, but the Lord Jesus Christ, as appears by what follows; the antitype of Melchizedek, the Lord our righteousness, the Prince of peace, the priest of God, that lives for ever, without father, without mother, c.

pertaineth to another tribe the tribe of Judah, and not the tribe of Levi:

of which no man gave attendance at the altar; either of burnt offering or of incense; that is, no man waited there, or took upon him and exercised the priest's office that was of the tribe of Judah: no man might lawfully do it; Uzziah, indeed, thrust himself into the priest's office, who was of that tribe, and went into the temple and burnt incense upon the altar of incense; but then he had no right to do it, and was punished for it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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; Hebrews 7:14.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Hebrews 7:13. For he of whom these things are spoken — That is, Jesus the Messiah, spoken of in Psalms 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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