EXODUS 40:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”
Their anointing will be to a lasting priesthood for the generations to come. The lasting priesthood — the same covenant formula as the lasting Sabbath and the lasting Passover — places the Aaronic priesthood in the category of permanent covenant institutions. Hebrews 7:12 says when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also — the lasting priesthood of verse 15 is the very permanence that Hebrews argues has been superseded by Christ's eternal priesthood. The old covenant's lasting institution gives way to the new covenant's eternal reality.
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