Hebrews 7:4-10

The Voice

⁴ And just imagine how great this man was, that even our great and honorable patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the spoils. ⁵ Compare him to the priests who serve in our temple, the descendants of Levi, who were given a commandment in the law of Moses to collect one-tenth of the income of the tribes of Israel. The priests took that tithe from their own people, even though they were also descended from Abraham. ⁶ But this man, Melchizedek, who did not belong to that Levite ancestry, collected a tenth part of Abraham’s income; and although Abraham had received the promises, it was Melchizedek who blessed Abraham. ⁷ Now I don’t have to tell you that it is the lesser one who receives a blessing from the greater. ⁸ In the case of the priests descended from Levi, they are mortal men who receive a tithe of one-tenth; but the Scriptures record no death of Melchizedek, the one who received Abraham’s tithe. ⁹ I guess you could even say that Levi, who receives our tithes, originally paid tithes through Abraham ¹⁰ because he was still unborn and only a part of his ancestor when Abraham met Melchizedek.