Hebrews 7:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Nowe consider howe great this man was, vnto whom also the patriarche Abraham gaue tythe of the spoyles.

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  • Acts 2:29 : 29 Ye men and brethren, let me freely speake vnto you of the patriarke Dauid: For he is both dead and buryed, and his sepulchre remayneth with vs vnto this day.
  • Gen 14:20 : 20 And blessed be the high God, which hath deliuered thyne enemies vnto thy hande: and Abram gaue him tithes of all.
  • Acts 7:8-9 : 8 And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circumcision: And he begate Isaac, and circumcised hym the eyght day, and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob begate the twelue patriarkes. 9 And the patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: and God was with hym,
  • Rom 4:11-13 : 11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth, whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised, that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue, though they be not circumcised, that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also. 12 And that he myght be father of circumcision, not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised: but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham, before the time of circumcision. 13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde, was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe, but through the ryghteousnes of fayth.
  • Rom 4:17-18 : 17 (As it is written, that I haue made thee a father of many nations) before God, whom he beleued, which restoreth the dead vnto life, and calleth those thynges whiche be not, as though they were. 18 Who contrary to hope, beleued in hope, that he shoulde be the father of many nations, accordyng to that which was spoken: so shall thy seede be.
  • Gal 3:28-29 : 28 There is no Iewe, neither Greke, there is neither bonde nor free, there is neither male, nor female: For ye are all one in Christe Iesu. 29 If ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heyres accordyng to the promise.
  • Jas 2:23 : 23 And the scripture was fulfylled, which sayth: Abraham beleued God, and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse: And he was called the friende of God.
  • Gen 17:5-6 : 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shalbe called Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made thee. 6 I wyll make thee exceedyng fruitefull, and wyll make nations of thee, yea and kynges shall spryng out of thee.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of thee a great people, and wyll blesse thee, and make thy name great, that thou shalt be euen a blessyng.

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  • Heb 7:5-11
    7 verses
    86%

    5 And veryly they which are of the children of Leuie, which receaue the office of the priesthood, haue a commaundement to take tythe of the people accordyng to the lawe, that is, of their brethren, though they came out of ye loynes of Abraham.

    6 But he whose kynrede is not counted among them, receaued tythe of Abraham, and blessed hym that had the promises.

    7 And without all controuersie, the lesse is blessed of the better.

    8 And here men that dye, receaue tithes: but there he receaueth them of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth.

    9 And to say the trueth, Leuie also whiche receaueth tythes, payed tythes in Abraham.

    10 For he was yet in the loynes of his father, when Melchisedech met Abraham.

    11 If therefore perfection was by the priesthood of ye Leuites (For vnder that priesthood the people receaued the law) what neded it furthermore that another priest shoulde rise after the order of Melchisedech, and not to be called after the order of Aaron?

  • Heb 7:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 For this Melchisedech kyng of Salem, priest of the most hye God, who met Abraham returnyng from the slaughter of the kynges, and blessed hym:

    2 To whom also Abraham gaue tythe of all thynges, first being called by interpretatio king of righteousnes, & after yt also, kyng of Salem, which is, kyng of peace.

    3 Without father, without mother, without kynne, hauyng neither beginnyng of dayes, neither ende of lyfe, but lykened vnto the sonne of God, and continueth a priest for euer.

  • Gen 14:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19 And blessed hym, saying: Blessed be Abram vnto the hygh God possessour of heauen and earth.

    20 And blessed be the high God, which hath deliuered thyne enemies vnto thy hande: and Abram gaue him tithes of all.

  • Heb 7:13-17
    5 verses
    71%

    13 For he of whom these thynges are spoken, parteyneth vnto another tribe, of which no man stoode at the aulter.

    14 For it is euident that our Lord sprong out of Iuda, of which tribe spake Moyses nothyng concernyng priesthood:

    15 And it is yet a farre more euidet thing, yf after the similitude of Melchisedech there aryse another priest,

    16 Which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundement, but after the power of the endlesse lyfe:

    17 For he testifieth that thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.

  • 21 Beholde, I haue geuen the children of Leui all the tenth in Israel to inherite, for the seruice which they serue in the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Neh 10:37-38
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    37 And that we shoulde bring the first fruites of our dough and our heaue offeringes, and the fruites of all maner of trees, of wine also and of oyle, vnto the priestes to the chestes of the house of our God, and the tythes of our lande vnto the Leuites, that the Leuites might haue the tythes in all the cities of our ministration.

    38 And the priest the sonne of Aaron shalbe with the Leuites when the Leuites take tythes: so that the Leuites shall bring vp the tythes of their tythes vnto the house of our God, to the store houses and to the treasure houses.

  • Num 18:25-26
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    25 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

    26 Speake vnto the Leuites, and say vnto them: When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I haue geuen you of the for your inheritaunce, ye shal take an heaue offering of ye same for the Lorde, euen the tenth part of that tithe.

  • 28 Of this maner ye shall therfore offer an heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde, of all your tithes which ye receaue of the children of Israel, and ye shall geue therof the Lordes heaue offeryng to Aaron the priest.

  • 9 Wherefore the Leuites haue no part nor inheritaunce with their brethren: but the Lorde is their inheritaunce, as the Lorde thy God hath promised them.

  • 22 And this stone whiche I haue set vp on an ende, shalbe Gods house: and of all that thou shalt geue me, I wyl surely geue the tenth vnto thee.

  • 5 And Abraham gaue al his goodes vnto Isahac:

  • 32 And euery tythe of oxe and of sheepe, and of euery beast that goeth vnder the rod, euen euery tenth shalbe holy vnto the Lorde.

  • Heb 7:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20 And in as much as that was not without an oth (For those priestes were made without an oth:

    21 But this priest with an oth, by hym that saide vnto him: The Lord sware and wyll not repent, thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.)

  • 8 And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circumcision: And he begate Isaac, and circumcised hym the eyght day, and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob begate the twelue patriarkes.

  • 17 By fayth Abraham offered by Isaac when he was proued: and he that had receaued the promises, offered vp his only begotten sonne:

  • 10 And is called of God an hye priest after the order of Melchisedech.

  • 8 Wyll a man spoyle his Gods? yet ye haue spoyled me: and ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tythes and offeringes?

  • 15 And he shall take the tenth of your seede, and of your vineyardes, and geue it to his eunuches, & to his seruauntes.

  • 19 For he considered that God was able to rayse the dead vp agayne, fro whence also he receaued hym in a similitude of the resurrection.

  • Heb 8:3-4
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    67%

    3 For euery hye priest is ordeyned to offer gyftes and sacrifices: Wherefore it is of necessitie, that this man haue somewhat also to offer.

    4 For he were not a priest, yf he were on the earth, seyng there are priestes that accordyng to the lawe offer gyftes,

  • 10 Howe was it then reckened? When he was in the circumcision? or whe he was in the vncircumcision? Not in the circumcision: but in vncircumcision.

  • 29 And ye shall take it of their halfe, and geue it vnto Eleazar the priest, as an heaue offeryng of the Lorde.

  • 2 And he said: Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hearken. The God of glorie appeared vnto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

  • 1 What shall we saye then that Abraham our father, as parteynyng to the flesshe, dyd fynde?