Hebrews 7:9

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 14:20 : 20 Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
  • Rom 5:12 : 12 The Amplification of Justification So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned–
  • Heb 7:4 : 4 But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.

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  • Heb 7:1-8
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    86%

    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.

    6But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

    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.

  • Heb 7:10-15
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    82%

    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?

    12For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.

    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,

  • Num 18:21
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    21See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform– the service of the tent of meeting.

  • Gen 14:19-20
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    72%

    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.

  • Deut 10:9
    71%

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

  • Num 18:25-26
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    25Instructions for the Levites The LORD spoke to Moses:

    26“You are to speak to the Levites, and you must tell them,‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you are to offer up from it as a raised offering to the LORD a tenth of the tithe.

  • Neh 10:37-38
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    37We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work.

    38A priest of Aaron’s line will be with the Levites when the Levites collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring up a tenth of the tithes to the temple of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.

  • Heb 7:17
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    17For here is the testimony about him:“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • Heb 11:17-19
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    68%

    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,”

    19and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.

  • 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.

  • Mal 3:8
    68%

    8Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say,‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!

  • Gal 3:9
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    9So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer.

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

  • Num 18:28
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    28Thus you are to offer up a raised offering to the LORD of all your tithes which you receive from the Israelites; and you must give the LORD’s raised offering from it to Aaron the priest.

  • Acts 7:8
    67%

    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.

  • Ps 105:9
    67%

    9the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

  • Heb 5:10
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    10and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Judg 17:10
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    10Micah said to him,“Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”

  • Acts 7:2
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    2So 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,

  • Heb 7:20
    66%

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

  • Heb 5:6
    66%

    6as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • Gen 26:5
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    5All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

  • Lev 27:32
    66%

    32All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the LORD.

  • Mal 3:10
    66%

    10“Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out blessing for you until there is no room for it all.

  • Gen 28:22
    66%

    22Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”