Hebrews 7:10
For he was still in his ancestor Abraham’s loins when Melchizedek met him.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 35:11 : 11 Then God said to him,“I am the Sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation– even a company of nations– will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!
- Gen 46:26 : 26 All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number.(This number does not include the wives of Jacob’s sons.)
- 1 Kgs 8:19 : 19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’
- Heb 7:5 : 5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham.
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- Heb 7:1-99 verses82%
1 The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him.
2 To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.
4 But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.
5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham.
6 But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.
7 Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,
8 and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.
9 And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.
- Heb 7:11-177 verses78%
11 Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood– for on that basis the people received the law– what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?
12 For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.
13 Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.
14 For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.
15 And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,
16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.
17 For here is the testimony about him:“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Heb 7:20-212 verses74%
20 And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,
21 but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him,“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,‘You are a priest forever’”–
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10 and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
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6 as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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2 So he replied,“Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
- Rom 4:10-123 verses70%
10 How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!
11 And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.
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20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Gen 14:17-182 verses70%
17 After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram in the Valley of Shaveh(known as the King’s Valley).
18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine.(Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)
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10 Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our ancestor Isaac–
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4 The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:“You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”
- Heb 11:17-193 verses69%
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.
18 God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”
19 and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.
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8 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
- Acts 7:4-52 verses68%
4 Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live.
5 He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child.
- Heb 11:8-103 verses68%
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going.
9 By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.
10 For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
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1 The Illustration of Justification What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?
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4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.
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24 Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;
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9 Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance just as the LORD your God told him.
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5 (Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.)
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28 For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.
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13 Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
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73 the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants
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9 the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!
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17 “But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,
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5 So when he came into the world, he said,“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.
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19 Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead(because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.