By the hereditary arrangement one could become a priest regardless of whether or not he was worthy of the office, but under the Melchisedec order this could not be. So far as his priestly service was concerned, Melchisedec was ‘without beginning of days, nor end of life.’ His genealogy is not recorded. ###>Par hérédité, quelqu’un pouvait devenir sacrificateur selon la loi, même s’il en était indigne.