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The law of a carnal commandment (νόμον ἐντολῆς σαρκίνης)
The phrase N.T.o. Νόμον the norm or standard, as Rom 7:21, Rom 7:23. Εντολῆς, the specific precept of the Mosaic law regarding Levitical priests. Comp. Eph 2:15. Σαρκίνης fleshly, indicates that the conditions of the Levitical priesthood had reference to the body. Fitness for office was determined largely by physical considerations. The priest must be of proper descent, without bodily blemish, ceremonially pure. See Heb 9:1-5, Heb 9:10, and comp. Rom 8:3. Such a priesthood cannot be eternal.
After the power of an endless life (κατὰ δύαναμιν ἀκαταλύτου)
Δύναμιν inherent virtue. Rend. for endless, indissoluble. Comp. καταλύθῃ loosened down, of a tent, 2Co 5:1; of the stones of the temple, Mat 24:2. Jesus was high priest in virtue of the energy of indissoluble life which dwelt in him, unlike the priests who die, Heb 7:8. This truth the writer finds in the Psalm.