Hebrews 7:1-10 ▼

1 This “Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High,” “met Abraham as he returned from his defeat of the kings” and “blessed him.”

2 And Abraham apportioned to him “a tenth of everything.” His name first means righteous king, and he was also “king of Salem,” that is, king of peace.

3 Without father, mother, or ancestry, without beginning of days or end of life, thus made to resemble the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.

4 See how great he is to whom the patriarch “Abraham [indeed] gave a tenth” of his spoils.

5 The descendants of Levi who receive the office of priesthood have a commandment according to the law to exact tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, although they also have come from the loins of Abraham.

6 But he who was not of their ancestry received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had received the promises.

7 Unquestionably, a lesser person is blessed by a greater.

8 In the one case, mortal men receive tithes; in the other, a man of whom it is testified that he lives on.

9 One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, was tithed through Abraham,

10 for he was still in his father’s loins when Melchizedek met him.