Heb 7:4-10 | ESV | STEP | See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils !

Hebrews 7:4-10

4 See how great this man was to whom Abraham ^athe patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils! 5 And ^bthose descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} though these also are descended from Abraham. 6 But this man ^dwho does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed ^ehim who had the promises. 7 It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8 In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one ^fof whom it is testified that ^ghe lives. 9 One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, 10 for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.