Heb 7:1-3 | ESV | STEP | For this Melchizedek , king of Salem , priest of the Most High God , met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him ,

Hebrews 7:1-3

The Priestly Order of Melchizedek

1 For this ^aMelchizedek, king of ^bSalem, priest of ^cthe Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. 3 He is without father or mother ^dor genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.