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Melchizedek Is Greater Than Abraham

This Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem and also a priest of God Most High. When Abraham was returning home after winning a great battle against the kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him.

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Melchizedek the Priest

This Melchizedek was king of Salem(A) and priest of God Most High.(B) He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,(C)

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18 And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High,[a] brought Abram some bread and wine. 19 Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
    Creator of heaven and earth.
20 And blessed be God Most High,
    who has defeated your enemies for you.”

Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:18 Hebrew El-Elyon; also in 14:19, 20, 22.

18 Then Melchizedek(A) king of Salem(B) brought out bread(C) and wine.(D) He was priest of God Most High,(E) 19 and he blessed Abram,(F) saying,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,(G)
    Creator of heaven and earth.(H)
20 And praise be to God Most High,(I)
    who delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.(J)

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20 Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.

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20 where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf.(A) He has become a high priest(B) forever, in the order of Melchizedek.(C)

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What can we bring to the Lord?
    Should we bring him burnt offerings?
Should we bow before God Most High
    with offerings of yearling calves?

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With what shall I come before(A) the Lord
    and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?(B)

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I cry out to God Most High,[a]
    to God who will fulfill his purpose for me.

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Footnotes

  1. 57:2 Hebrew Elohim-Elyon.

I cry out to God Most High,
    to God, who vindicates me.(A)

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With a shriek, he screamed, “Why are you interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In the name of God, I beg you, don’t torture me!”

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He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me,(A) Jesus, Son of the Most High God?(B) In God’s name don’t torture me!”

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18 Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar.

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18 “Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar(A) sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor.(B)

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35 Then they remembered that God was their rock,
    that God Most High[a] was their redeemer.

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Footnotes

  1. 78:35 Hebrew El-Elyon.

35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(A)
    that God Most High was their Redeemer.(B)

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Jerusalem[a] is where he lives;
    Mount Zion is his home.

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Footnotes

  1. 76:2 Hebrew Salem, another name for Jerusalem.

His tent is in Salem,(A)
    his dwelling place in Zion.(B)

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14 So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means “well of the Living One who sees me”). It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered.

15 So Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born.

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14 That is why the well(A) was called Beer Lahai Roi[a];(B) it is still there, between Kadesh(C) and Bered.

15 So Hagar(D) bore Abram a son,(E) and Abram gave the name Ishmael(F) to the son she had borne. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old(G) when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 16:14 Beer Lahai Roi means well of the Living One who sees me.

17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, and they have come to tell you how to be saved.”

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17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God,(A) who are telling you the way to be saved.”

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21 He was driven from human society. He was given the mind of a wild animal, and he lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he learned that the Most High God rules over the kingdoms of the world and appoints anyone he desires to rule over them.

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21 He was driven away from people and given the mind of an animal; he lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like the ox; and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he acknowledged that the Most High God is sovereign(A) over all kingdoms on earth and sets over them anyone he wishes.(B)

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“I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me.

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It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs(A) and wonders that the Most High God(B) has performed for me.

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