Hebrews:7:1-10

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* For this Melchizedek , 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 translated "king of righteousness ," and then also king of Salem , meaning "king of peace ," * without father , without mother , without genealogy , having neither beginning of days nor end of life , but made like the Son of God , remains a priest continually . * Now consider how great this man was , to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils . * And indeed 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 and blessed him who had the promises . * Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better . * Here mortal men receive tithes , but there he receives them , of whom it is witnessed that he lives . * Even Levi , who receives tithes , paid tithes through Abraham , so to speak , * for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him .

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