Now consider how great this man was: even Abraham the patriarch(A) gave a tenth of the plunder to him. The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people(B)—that is, from their brothers and sisters—though they have also descended from Abraham. But one without this[a] lineage collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.(C) Without a doubt, the inferior is blessed by the superior. In the one case, men who will die receive a tenth, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives.(D) And in a sense Levi himself, who receives a tenth, has paid a tenth through Abraham, 10 for he was still within his ancestor[b] when Melchizedek met him.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:6 Lit their
  2. 7:10 Lit still in his father’s loins

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