# What we say is clearer yet

"We can understand even more clearly." Here "we" refers to the author and his audience. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])

# if another priest arises

"if another priest comes"

# in the likeness of Melchizedek

This means that Christ as a priest has things in common with Melchizedek as a priest. Alternate translation: "in the same way that Melchizedek was a priest"