⁹ One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,

Adam and Christ

¹² Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned^(A)—

And Abram gave him one-tenth of everything.^(A)

⁴ See how great he is! Even^[a] Abraham the patriarch gave him a tenth of the spoils.^(A)