Heb 7:5-9 | ESV | STEP | And those 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 , though these also are descended from Abraham .

Hebrews 7:5-9

5 And ^athose 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 ^cwho does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed ^dhim 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 ^eof whom it is testified that ^fhe lives. 9 One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,