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 Abraham imparted even a tenth of all ; being , indeed , by interpretation , first , king of righteousness , and next , also , king of Salem ; which , by interpretation , is king of peace - * was without father , without mother , without genealogy , having neither beginnings of days , nor end of life : but , being made like the Son of God , he remains a priest continually . * Now , consider how great this priest was , to whom even Abraham , the patriarch , gave a tenth of the spoils . * For they , indeed , of the sons of Levi , who received the priesthood , have a commandment to tithe people according to the law ; that is , their brethren , although they have come forth from the loins of Abraham : * but he , who did not derive his pedigree from their progenitors , tithed Abraham , and blessed the holder of the promises . * Now , beyond all contradiction , the less is blessed by the greater . * Besides , here , indeed , men , who die , take tithes ; but there one , of whom it is testified that he lives . * And , as one may say , even Levi , who receives tithes , was tithed in Abraham : * for he was yet in the loins of his father , when Melchisedec met him .

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