Hebrews 7:8
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.
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- Heb 5:6 : 6 As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- Heb 6:20 : 20 Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- Rev 1:18 : 18 And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.
- Heb 7:23 : 23 And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;
- Heb 9:24-25 : 24 For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us. 25 And he did not have to make an offering of himself again and again, as the high priest goes into the holy place every year with blood which is not his;
- Heb 9:27 : 27 And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;
- John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead; 26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
- John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.
- John 14:19 : 19 A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.
- Heb 3:16 : 16 Who made him angry when his voice came to them? was it not all those who came out of Egypt with Moses?
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- Heb 7:9-113 verses85%
9And we may say that in Abraham, even Levi, who has a right to take the tenth part, gave it;
10Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him.
11Now 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 7:1-77 verses80%
1For 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,
2And 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;
3Being 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.
4Now see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in the fight.
5And 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.
6But 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.
7But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.
- Heb 7:15-173 verses71%
15And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,
16That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:
17For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- Luke 20:37-382 verses70%
37But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him.
- Heb 9:15-173 verses70%
15And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.
16Because where there is a testament, there has to be the death of the man who made it.
17For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?
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13For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.
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19Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.
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4By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.
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21And 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.
- Num 18:25-262 verses67%
25And the Lord said to Moses,
26Say 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.
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38This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.
- Heb 7:20-223 verses67%
20And 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);
22By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.
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10For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.
- Neh 10:37-382 verses67%
37And 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.
38And 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;
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4If 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;
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9For 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.)
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13All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
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15And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,
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8Will 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.
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20And 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.
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5For Moses says that the man who does the righteousness which is of the law will get life by it.
- Heb 7:24-252 verses66%
24But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.
25So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.
- Heb 8:1-22 verses66%
1Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,
2As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.
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27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.
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6As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
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32And a tenth part of the herd and of the flock, whatever goes under the rod of the valuer, will be holy to the Lord.
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28So 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.
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6But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.
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10Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.