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Genesis 14:18
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Genesis 14:18
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
18 And Melchiz′edek[a] king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High.
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- 14.18 Melchizedek was later taken as a Messianic figure (Ps 110.4) and interpreted in the New Testament as foreshadowing Christ, whose priesthood (including the offering of bread and wine) exceeds that of the Old Testament; cf. Heb. 7.1-7.
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