<p>3:29 <i>The son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi</i>- The mention of a &quot;Levi&quot; could suggest that although this is the line through Judah, there was some intermarriage with the Levites; this made the Lord a king-priest, as required for the Messianic priest after the order of Melchizedek.</p>