Verse 5
Hebrews 7:5
Geneva Bible
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For verely they which are the childre of Leui, which receiue the office of the Priesthode, haue a commandement to take, according to the Law, tithes of the people (that is, of their bethren) though they came out of ye loynes 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 Melchi-sedec was King of Salem, the Priest of the most high God (Elohim), who met Abraham,...
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To whom also Abraham gaue the tithe of all things: who first is by interpretation King of righteousn...
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Without father, without mother, without kinred, and hath neither beginning of his dayes, neither end...
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Nowe consider how great this man was, vnto whome euen the Patriarke Abraham gaue the tithe of the sp...
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For verely they which are the childre of Leui, which receiue the office of the Priesthode, haue a co...
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But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had...
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And without all contradiction the lesse is blessed of the greater.
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And here men that die, receiue tithes: but there he receiueth them, of whome it is witnessed, that h...
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And to say as the thing is, Leui also which receiueth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
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For hee was yet in the loynes of his father Abraham, when Melchi-sedec met him.
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If therefore perfection had bene by the Priesthoode of the Leuites (for vnder it the Lawe was establ...
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For if the Priesthood be changed, then of necessitie must there be a change of the Lawe.
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For hee of whome these things are spoken, perteineth vnto another tribe, whereof no man serued at th...
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For it is euident, that our Lord sprung out of Iuda, concerning the which tribe Moses spake nothing,...
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And it is yet a more euident thing, because that after the similitude of Melchi-sedec, there is rise...
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Which is not made Priest after the Law of the carnal commandement, but after the power of the endles...
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For hee testifieth thus, Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec.
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For the commandement that went afore, is disanulled, because of the weakenes thereof, and vnprofitab...
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For the Law made nothing perfite, but the bringing in of a better hope made perfite, whereby we draw...
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And for as much as it is not without an othe (for these are made Priestes without an othe:
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But this is made with an othe by him that said vnto him, The Lord hath sworne, and will not repent,...
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By so much is Iesus made a suretie of a better Testament.
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And among them many were made Priests, because they were not suffered to endure, by the reason of de...
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But this man, because hee endureth euer, hath a Priesthood, which cannot passe from one to another.
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Wherefore, hee is able also perfectly to saue them that come vnto God (Elohim) by him, seeing he eue...
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For such an hie Priest it became vs to haue, which is holy, harmelesse, vndefiled, separate from sin...
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Which needeth not daily as those hie Priests to offer vp sacrifice, first for his owne sinnes, and t...
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For the Law maketh men hie Priestes, which haue infirmitie: but the word of the othe that was since...
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