6But he whose kynrede is not counted among them, receaued tythe of Abraham, and blessed hym that had the promises.
7And without all controuersie, the lesse is blessed of the better.
8And here men that dye, receaue tithes: but there he receaueth them of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth.
9And to say the trueth, Leuie also whiche receaueth tythes, payed tythes in Abraham.
10For he was yet in the loynes of his father, when Melchisedech met Abraham.
11If 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?
12For yf the priesthood be translated, of necessitie also there is made a translation of the lawe.
13For he of whom these thynges are spoken, parteyneth vnto another tribe, of which no man stoode at the aulter.
14For it is euident that our Lord sprong out of Iuda, of which tribe spake Moyses nothyng concernyng priesthood:
15And it is yet a farre more euidet thing, yf after the similitude of Melchisedech there aryse another priest,