Verse 1
Hebrews 7:1
English Revised Version
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For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God (Elohim) Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,
Original Language Text
greek
Οὗτος γὰρ ὁ Μελχισέδεκ, βασιλεὺς Σαλήμ, ἱερεὺς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ὑψίστου, ⸀ὁ συναντήσας Ἀβραὰμ ὑποστρέφοντι ἀπὸ τῆς κοπῆς τῶν βασιλέων καὶ εὐλογήσας αὐτόν,
English Translation
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,
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Chapter 7 Context
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For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God (Elohim) Most High, who met Abraham returning fro...
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to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, King of righteousn...
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without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life,...
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Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief...
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And they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest’s office have commandment to take tithes...
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but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him t...
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And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
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And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;
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for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.
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Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received...
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For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
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For he of whom these things are said belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attend...
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For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah; as to which tribe Moses spake nothing conc...
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And what we say is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth a...
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who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless lif...
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for it is witnessed of him, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.
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(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we d...
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(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of hi...
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And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from...
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but he, because he abideth for ever, hath his priesthood unchangeable.
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Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God (Elohim) through him...
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For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made highe...
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who needeth not daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and...
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For the law appointeth men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after...
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