Hebrews 7:4-10
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
4 Now observe how great this one is to whom indeed Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth from the choicest-spoils:
He Is Greater Than Abraham
5 Indeed, the ones from the sons of Levi receiving the priestly-office have a commandment to be collecting-a-tenth-from the people according to the Law (that is, from their brothers, even though their brothers have come-out of the loins of Abraham)— 6 yet the one not tracing-his-genealogy from them has collected-a-tenth from Abraham, and has blessed the one having the promises! 7 And apart from all dispute, the lesser one is blessed by the better one.
He Is Living As a Priest Perpetually
8 And here, dying men[a] receive the tenths— yet there, it is being attested[b] that he is living!
He Is Greater Than Levi And His Priesthood
9 And so to speak, through Abraham even Levi[c], the one receiving the tenths, has paid-a-tenth. 10 For he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him!
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- Hebrews 7:8 That is, Levitical priests, who all eventually die.
- Hebrews 7:8 That is, because Genesis records no end of life, v 3.
- Hebrews 7:9 Thus, the entire Levitical priesthood is inferior to the priesthood of Melchizedek.
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