Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

On 18/11/2005 01:51, Karl Randolph wrote:

> Peter:
>
> No, I still disagree, as Hebrews specifically indicates that 
> Jesus was not part of the Levitical priesthood. Thus the 
> Levitical priesthood did not continue on forever.
>
>  
The point is not what actually happened later, but whether it was the 
author's intention in Exodus 40:15 to communicate that this priesthood 
would last for ever. I believe that it was.

Jesus does not continue the Levitical priesthood, but if you insist on 
bringing in the NT perspective, all believers in Jesus as the Messiah 
are priests, including those who are in fact descended from Levi. There 
are also, by the way, priests descended from Levi offering sacrifices to 
God in the land of Israel (or Palestine) to this day - the Samaritans on 
Mount Gerizim.

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