Genesis 14:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,

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  • Ps 110:4 : 4 The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.
  • Heb 5:6 : 6 As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
  • Heb 5:10 : 10 Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.
  • Heb 6:20-7:3 : 20 Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. 1 For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, a priest of the Most High God, who gave Abraham his blessing, meeting him when he came back after putting the kings to death, 2 And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteousness, and then in addition, King of Salem, that is to say, King of peace; 3 Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.
  • Matt 26:26-29 : 26 And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body. 27 And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying, 28 Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins. 29 But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
  • Acts 16:17 : 17 She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.
  • Ps 57:2 : 2 I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.
  • Ps 76:2 : 2 In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion.
  • Mic 6:6 : 6 With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?
  • Ruth 3:10 : 10 And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.
  • 2 Sam 2:5 : 5 And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!
  • Ps 7:17 : 17 I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.
  • Ps 50:14 : 14 Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.
  • Acts 7:48 : 48 But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,
  • Heb 7:10-22 : 10 Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him. 11 Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron? 12 Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law. 13 For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar. 14 Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe. 15 And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek, 16 That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end: 17 For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. 18 So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit. 19 (Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God. 20 And as this is not without the taking of an oath 21 (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever); 22 By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.

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    1 For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, a priest of the Most High God, who gave Abraham his blessing, meeting him when he came back after putting the kings to death,

    2 And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteousness, and then in addition, King of Salem, that is to say, King of peace;

    3 Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

    4 Now see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in the fight.

  • Gen 14:19-22
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    19 And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:

    20 And let the Most High God be praised, who has given into your hands those who were against you. Then Abram gave him a tenth of all the goods he had taken.

    21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.

    22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,

  • Gen 14:17
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    17 And when he was coming back after putting to flight Chedorlaomer and the other kings, he had a meeting with the king of Sodom in the valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley.

  • Heb 7:15-17
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    15 And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,

    16 That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:

    17 For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:10
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    10 Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 7:9-11
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    9 And we may say that in Abraham, even Levi, who has a right to take the tenth part, gave it;

    10 Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him.

    11 Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

  • Ps 110:4
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    4 The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 6:20
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    20 Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6 As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 7:20-21
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    20 And as this is not without the taking of an oath

    21 (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

  • Lev 21:22
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    22 He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;

  • Gen 14:1-2
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    1 Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

    2 They made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (which is Zoar).

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    8 And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

  • Gen 18:5-6
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    5 And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

    6 Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

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    18 And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

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    6 So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.

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    12 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, made a burned offering to God: and Aaron came, with the chiefs of Israel, and had a meal with Moses' father-in-law, before God.

  • 1 Sam 10:4
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    4 They will say, Peace be with you, and will give you two cakes of bread, which you are to take from them.

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    30 Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.

  • Mark 2:26
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    26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?

  • Num 6:15
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    15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of the best meal mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes covered with oil, with their meal offering and drink offerings.

  • Gen 18:1
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    1 Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

  • Luke 14:15
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    15 And, hearing these words, one of those who were at table with him said to him, Happy is the man who will be a guest in the kingdom of God.

  • Heb 7:6
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    6 But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

  • Num 15:19
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    19 Then, when you take for your food the produce of the land, you are to give an offering lifted up before the Lord.

  • Gen 24:34
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    34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.

  • Exod 29:2
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    2 And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes on which oil has been put, made of the best bread-meal;

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
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    15 Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.

  • Gen 14:24
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    24 Give me nothing but the food which the fighting-men who went with me have had; but let Aner and Eshcol and Mamre have their part of the goods.

  • Exod 29:23
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    23 And take one bit of bread and one cake of oiled bread and one thin cake out of the basket of unleavened bread which is before the Lord:

  • Luke 6:4
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    4 How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?