KJV ORIGINAL
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So here's the thing — if the old priest system (the Levites who gave us all those laws) could actually make people perfect, then why would we need a completely different kind of priest like Melchizedek? Why not just stick with the Aaron-style priests we already had?
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
If the old way actually worked, God wouldn't have needed to send someone completely new.
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