| Genesis |
| 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God. |
| Psalms |
| 110:4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. |
| Hebrews |
| 5:6 As he saith also in
another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 5:10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. 7:11 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? 7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, 7:17 For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 7:21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) |
Melchizedek is not a simple reference. Many (sometimes tedious) articles. Here is one perplexing poem.
| 73. Melchizedek |
| By John Henry, Cardinal Newman (1801–1890) |
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Without father, without mother, without descent; having neither
beginning of days, nor end of life.
THRICE bless’d are they, who feel their loneliness; | |
| To whom nor voice of friends nor pleasant scene | |
| Brings that on which the sadden’d heart can lean; | |
| Yea, the rich earth, garb’d in her daintiest dress | |
| Of light and joy, doth but the more oppress, | 5 |
| Claiming responsive smiles and rapture high; | |
| Till, sick at heart, beyond the veil they fly, | |
| Seeking His Presence, who alone can bless. | |
| Such, in strange days, the weapons of Heaven’s grace; | |
| When, passing o’er the high-born Hebrew line, | 10 |
| He forms the vessel of His vast design; | |
| Fatherless, homeless, reft of age and place, | |
| Sever’d from earth, and careless of its wreck, | |
| Born through long woe His rare Melchizedek. |