Hebrews:7:1-10

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* For this Melchizedek , king of Salem , priest of God Most High , having met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings , also blessed him . * To whom also Abraham divided a tenth of all . Being actually translated , first , king of righteousness , and then also , king of Salem , which is king of peace , * without father , without mother , without genealogy , having neither beginning of days nor end of life , but having been made like the Son of God , remains a priest continually . * And notice how great this man was , to whom also the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the best spoils . * Now indeed those of the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have commandment to collect tithes from the people according to the law , that is , of their brothers , although having come out of the loins of Abraham . * But the man who did not descend from them has received tithes from Abraham , and has blessed the man having the promises . * And without all contradiction the inferior is blessed by the superior . * And here indeed , men who die receive tithes , but there , he who is testified about that he lives . * And , so to speak , Levi also , the man who receives tithes , has paid tithes through Abraham , * for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him .

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