# chosen from among people "whom God chooses from among the people" # is appointed "God appoints" # to act on the behalf of people "to represent the people" # so that he may offer The word "he" refers to a high priest. The writer describes the sinfulness of the Old Testament priests, and then he shows that Christ has a better kind of priesthood, one not based on Aaron's priesthood but on the priesthood of Melchizedek.