Hebrews 6:13-7:10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Inheriting the Promise
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself:
15 And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham[b] obtained the promise. 16 For men swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute. 17 Because God wanted to show His unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath,(B) 18 so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.(C) 19 We have this hope as an anchor for our lives, safe and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.(D) 20 Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner,(E) because He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.(F)
The Greatness of Melchizedek
7 For this Melchizedek—
King of Salem, priest of the Most High God,
who met Abraham and blessed him
as he returned from defeating the kings,
2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything;
first, his name means king of righteousness,
then also, king of Salem,
meaning king of peace;
3 without father, mother, or genealogy,
having neither beginning of days nor end of life,
but resembling the Son of God(G)—
remains a priest forever.
4 Now consider how great this man was—even Abraham the patriarch(H) gave a tenth of the plunder to him! 5 The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people(I)—that is, from their brothers—though they have also descended from Abraham.[c] 6 But one without this[d] lineage collected tenths from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.(J) 7 Without a doubt,[e] the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8 In the one case, men who will die receive tenths, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives.(K) 9 And in a sense Levi himself, who receives tenths, has paid tenths through Abraham, 10 for he was still within his ancestor[f] when Melchizedek met him.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 6:14 Gn 22:17
- Hebrews 6:15 Lit he
- Hebrews 7:5 Lit have come out of Abraham’s loins
- Hebrews 7:6 Lit their
- Hebrews 7:7 Or Beyond any dispute
- Hebrews 7:10 Lit still in his father’s loins
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