en_tn/heb/07/17.md

# General Information:

This quote comes from a psalm of King David.

# For scripture witnesses about him

This speaks about scripture as if it were a person who could witness about something. Alternate translation: "For God witnesses about him through the scriptures" or "For this is what was written about him in the scripture" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])

# according to the order of Melchizedek

There were two groups of priests. One was made up of the descendants of Levi. The other was made up of Melchizedek and Jesus Christ. Alternate translation: "according to the line of Melchizedek" or "according to the priesthood of Melchizedek"
tN issue 2383 2018-08-21 14:32:51 +00:00			`# General Information:`

			`This quote comes from a psalm of King David.`

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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This speaks about scripture as if it were a person who could witness about something. Alternate translation: "For God witnesses about him through the scriptures" or "For this is what was written about him in the scripture" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])`
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Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00			`# according to the order of Melchizedek`
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Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`There were two groups of priests. One was made up of the descendants of Levi. The other was made up of Melchizedek and Jesus Christ. Alternate translation: "according to the line of Melchizedek" or "according to the priesthood of Melchizedek"`
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