Hebrews 7:6

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But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

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  • Rom 4:13 : 13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
  • Gen 14:19-20 : 19 He blessed Abram, saying,“Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth. 20 Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
  • Heb 7:3-4 : 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.
  • Heb 11:13 : 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.
  • Heb 11:17 : 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.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
  • Gen 12:13 : 13 So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you.”
  • Gen 13:14-17 : 14 After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram,“Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west. 15 I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever. 16 And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted. 17 Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you.”
  • Gen 17:4-8 : 4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. 7 I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 I will give the whole land of Canaan– the land where you are now residing– to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”
  • Gen 22:17-18 : 17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies. 18 Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.’”
  • Acts 3:25 : 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham,‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’
  • Rom 9:4 : 4 who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
  • Gal 3:16 : 16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say,“and to the descendants,” referring to many, but“and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.
  • Heb 6:13-15 : 13 Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself, 14 saying,“Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.” 15 And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.
  • Heb 7:1 : 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.

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  • Heb 7:1-5
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    1The 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.

    2To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

    3Without 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.

    4But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.

    5And 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.

  • Heb 7:7-11
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    7Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

    8and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.

    9And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.

    10For he was still in his ancestor Abraham’s loins when Melchizedek met him.

    11Jesus 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?

  • Gal 3:6-9
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    6Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,

    7so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.

    8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying,“All the nations will be blessed in you.”

    9So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

  • Heb 7:13-16
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    13Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.

    14For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

    15And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

    16who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

  • Heb 6:13-14
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    13Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,

    14saying,“Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”

  • Heb 11:17-18
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    17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son.

    18God had told him,“Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,”

  • Gen 14:19-20
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    19He blessed Abram, saying,“Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

    20Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

  • Gen 28:4
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    4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident.”

  • Gen 12:3
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    3I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, so that all the families of the earth may receive blessing through you.”

  • Acts 7:8
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    8Then 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.

  • Heb 7:20
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    20And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

  • Gal 3:14-16
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    14in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

    15Inheritance Comes from Promises and not Law Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

    16Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say,“and to the descendants,” referring to many, but“and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.

  • Acts 7:5
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    5He 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.

  • Rom 4:9-10
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    9Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say,“faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”

    10How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

  • Matt 1:2
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    2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

  • Acts 3:25
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    25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham,‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’

  • Rom 9:5
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    5To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.

  • Rom 9:7
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    7nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather“through Isaac will your descendants be counted.”

  • Deut 10:9
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    9Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance just as the LORD your God told him.

  • Heb 11:9
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    9By 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.

  • Rom 4:12-13
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    12And 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.

    13For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

  • Luke 1:73
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    73the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants

  • Rom 4:16
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    16For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants– not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

  • Gen 18:18
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    18After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.

  • Heb 11:20
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    20By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

  • Gal 3:18
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    18For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise.

  • Rom 4:2
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    2For if Abraham was declared righteous by works, he has something to boast about– but not before God.