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Hebrews 7:9-11
New Testament for Everyone
Hebrews 7:9-11
New Testament for Everyone
9 And, if I can put it like this, even Levi paid tithes through Abraham—Levi, the one who receives tithes! 10 He was still in his ancestor’s loins, you see, when Melchizedek met him.
A new order of priesthood
11 So, you see, if it had been possible to arrive at complete perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for the people received the law by that means), what further need would there have been to speak of another priesthood being established “according to the order of Melchizedek,” rather than “according to the order of Aaron”?
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