Hebrews:7:1-10

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* For this Melchisedec , king of Salem , priest of the most high God , who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings , and blessed him ; * To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all ; first being by interpretation King of righteousness , and after that also King of Salem , which is , King of peace ; * Without father , without mother , without descent , having neither beginning of days , nor end of life ; but made like unto the Son of God ; abideth a priest continually . * Now consider how great this man was , unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils . * And verily they that are of the sons of Levi , who receive the office of the priesthood , have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law , that is , of their brethren , though they come out of the loins of Abraham : * But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham , and blessed him that had the promises . * And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better . * And here men that die receive tithes ; but there he receiveth them , of whom it is witnessed that he liveth . * And as I may so say , Levi also , who receiveth tithes , payed tithes in Abraham . * For he was yet in the loins of his father , when Melchisedec met him .

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