Hebrews 7:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Acts 2:29 : 29 My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.
  • Gen 14:20 : 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.
  • Acts 7:8-9 : 8 And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel. 9 And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,
  • Rom 4:11-13 : 11 And he was given the sign of circumcision as a witness of the faith which he had before he underwent circumcision: so that he might be the father of all those who have faith, though they have not circumcision, and so that righteousness might be put to their account; 12 And the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who keep to the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he underwent circumcision. 13 For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
  • Rom 4:17-18 : 17 (As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were. 18 Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.
  • Gal 3:28-29 : 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
  • Jas 2:23 : 23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.
  • Gen 17:5-6 : 5 No longer will your name be Abram, but Abraham, for I have made you the father of a number of nations. 6 I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 7:5-11
    7 verses
    86%

    5 And it is true that by the law, those of the sons of Levi who have the position of priests may take a tenth part of the people's goods; that is to say, they take it from their brothers though these are the sons of Abraham.

    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.

    7 But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.

    8 Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.

    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?

  • Heb 7:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Gen 14:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Heb 7:13-17
    5 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Num 18:21
    71%

    21 And to the children of Levi I have given as their heritage all the tenths offered in Israel, as payment for the work they do, the work of the Tent of meeting.

  • Neh 10:37-38
    2 verses
    70%

    37 And that we would take the first of our rough meal, and our lifted offerings, and the fruit of every sort of tree, and wine and oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take a tenth in all the towns of our ploughed land.

    38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, is to be with the Levites, when the Levites take the tenths: and the Levites are to take a tenth of the tenths into the house of our God, to the rooms, into the store-house;

  • Num 18:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25 And the Lord said to Moses,

    26 Say to the Levites, When you take from the children of Israel the tenth which I have given to you from them as your heritage, a tenth part of that tenth is to be offered as an offering lifted up before the Lord.

  • Num 18:28
    69%

    28 So you are to make an offering lifted up to the Lord from all the tenths which you get from the children of Israel, giving out of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest.

  • Deut 10:9
    69%

    9 For this reason Levi has no part or heritage for himself among his brothers: the Lord is his heritage, as the Lord your God said to him.)

  • Gen 28:22
    68%

    22 And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.

  • Gen 25:5
    68%

    5 Now Abraham gave all his property to Isaac;

  • Lev 27:32
    68%

    32 And a tenth part of the herd and of the flock, whatever goes under the rod of the valuer, will be holy to the Lord.

  • Heb 7:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    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);

  • Acts 7:8
    68%

    8 And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

  • Heb 11:17
    68%

    17 By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

  • Heb 5:10
    68%

    10 Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.

  • Mal 3:8
    68%

    8 Will a man keep back from God what is right? But you have kept back what is mine. But you say, What have we kept back from you? Tenths and offerings.

  • 1 Sam 8:15
    67%

    15 He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.

  • Heb 11:19
    67%

    19 Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

  • Heb 8:3-4
    2 verses
    67%

    3 Now every high priest is given authority to take to God the things which are given and to make offerings; so that it is necessary for this man, like them, to have something for an offering.

    4 If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who make the offerings ordered by the law;

  • Rom 4:10
    67%

    10 How, then, was it judged? when he had circumcision, or when he had it not? Not when he had it, but when he did not have it:

  • Num 31:29
    67%

    29 Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.

  • Acts 7:2
    67%

    2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,

  • Rom 4:1
    66%

    1 What, then, may we say that Abraham, our father after the flesh, has got?