diff --git a/heb/07/16.md b/heb/07/16.md index e27611c8f2..7bdefb5e35 100644 --- a/heb/07/16.md +++ b/heb/07/16.md @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ -# It was not based on a law +# This one became a priest -"His becoming priest was not based on a law" +The words "This one" refer to the one who became priest in the likeness of Melchizedek. -# a law of fleshly requirement +# not based on a law of physical requirement -The idea of human descent is spoken of as if it had only to do with the flesh of one's body. Alternate translation: "a law of human descent" or "a law that required priests to be descendants of priests" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) +He became priest, but it was not because he met the physical requrement. + +# a law of physical requirement + +This physical requirement is that only the descendants of priests could become priests. Alternate translation: "a law of human descent" or "a law that required priests to be descendants of priests" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])