Verse 5
Hebrews 7:5
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest’s office have commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham:
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Λευὶ τὴν ἱερατείαν λαμβάνοντες ἐντολὴν ἔχουσιν ἀποδεκατοῦν τὸν λαὸν κατὰ τὸν νόμον, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῶν, καίπερ ἐξεληλυθότας ἐκ τῆς ὀσφύος Ἀβραάμ·
English Translation
And those of the sons of Levi, having received the priesthood, have a command to tithe the people according to the law, that is, their brothers, even though they have come out of the loins of Abraham.
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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 even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the...
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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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But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.
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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 had the people received t...
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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 he testifieth of him, Thou art a priest forever After the order of Melchizedek.
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For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness
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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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And inasmuch as it is not without the taking of an oath (for they indeed have been made priests with...
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but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a...
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by so much hath Yashua (Jesus) become the surety of a better covenant.
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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 forever, 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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