Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the [a]spoils. And indeed (A)those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham; but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham (B)and blessed (C)him who had the promises.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:4 plunder

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