Verse 9
Hebrews 7:9
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, δι’ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Λευὶ ὁ δεκάτας λαμβάνων δεδεκάτωται,
English Translation
And as it were said, through Abraham and Levi, the one receiving tithes is tied to the tenth.
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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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