Hebrews 7:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who did meet Abraham turning back from the smiting of the kings, and did bless him,

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  • Gen 14:18-20 : 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem hath brought out bread and wine, and he `is' priest of God Most High; 19 and he blesseth him, and saith, `Blessed `is' Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth; 20 and blessed `is' God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all.
  • Mark 5:7 : 7 and having called with a loud voice, he said, `What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!'
  • Ps 76:2 : 2 And His tabernacle is in Salem, And His habitation in Zion.
  • Ps 78:35 : 35 And they remember that God `is' their rock, And God Most High their redeemer.
  • Ps 78:56 : 56 And they tempt and provoke God Most High, And His testimonies have not kept.
  • Isa 41:2-3 : 2 Who stirred up from the east a righteous one? He calleth him to His foot, He giveth before him nations, And kings He causeth him to rule, He giveth `them' as dust `to' his sword, As driven stubble `to' his bow. 3 He pursueth them, he passeth over in safety A path with his feet he entereth not.
  • Dan 4:2 : 2 The signs and wonders that God Most High hath done with me, it is good before me to shew.
  • Dan 5:18 : 18 thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:
  • Dan 5:21 : 21 and from the sons of men he is driven, and his heart with the beasts hath been like, and with the wild asses `is' his dwelling; the herb like oxen they cause him to eat, and by the dew of the heavens is his body wet, till that he hath known that God Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and whom He willeth He raiseth up over it.
  • Mic 6:6 : 6 With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year?
  • Acts 16:17 : 17 she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, `These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'
  • Heb 6:20 : 20 whither a forerunner for us did enter -- Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become -- to the age.
  • Gen 16:14-16 : 14 therefore hath one called the well, `The well of the Living One, my beholder;' lo, between Kadesh and Bered. 15 And Hagar beareth to Abram a son; and Abram calleth the name of his son, whom Hagar hath borne, Ishmael; 16 and Abram `is' a son of eighty and six years in Hagar's bearing Ishmael to Abram.
  • Ps 57:2 : 2 I call to God Most High, To God `who' is perfecting for me.

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  • Heb 7:2-11
    10 verses
    89%

    2to whom also a tenth of all did Abraham divide, (first, indeed, being interpreted, `King of righteousness,' and then also, King of Salem, which is, King of Peace,)

    3without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, and being made like to the Son of God, doth remain a priest continually.

    4And see how great this one `is', to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils,

    5and those, indeed, out of the sons of Levi receiving the priesthood, a command have to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is, their brethren, even though they came forth out of the loins of Abraham;

    6and he who was not reckoned by genealogy of them, received tithes from Abraham, and him having the promises he hath blessed,

    7and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed --

    8and here, indeed, men who die do receive tithes, and there `he', who is testified to that he was living,

    9and so to speak, through Abraham even Levi who is receiving tithes, hath paid tithes,

    10for he was yet in the loins of the father when Melchisedek met him.

    11If indeed, then, perfection were through the Levitical priesthood -- for the people under it had received law -- what further need, according to the order of Melchisedek, for another priest to arise, and not to be called according to the order of Aaron?

  • Gen 14:17-22
    6 verses
    86%

    17And the king of Sodom goeth out to meet him (after his turning back from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who `are' with him), unto the valley of Shaveh, which `is' the king's valley.

    18And Melchizedek king of Salem hath brought out bread and wine, and he `is' priest of God Most High;

    19and he blesseth him, and saith, `Blessed `is' Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;

    20and blessed `is' God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;' and he giveth to him a tenth of all.

    21And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, `Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,'

    22and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, `I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth --

  • Heb 7:13-17
    5 verses
    78%

    13for he of whom these things are said in another tribe hath had part, of whom no one gave attendance at the altar,

    14for `it is' evident that out of Judah hath arisen our Lord, in regard to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

    15And it is yet more abundantly most evident, if according to the similitude of Melchisedek there doth arise another priest,

    16who came not according to the law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life,

    17for He doth testify -- `Thou `art' a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'

  • Heb 5:10
    75%

    10having been addressed by God a chief priest, according to the order of Melchisedek,

  • Heb 7:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

    20And inasmuch as `it is' not apart from oath, (for those indeed apart from oath are become priests,

    21and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, `The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou `art' a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;')

    22by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

  • Heb 6:20
    73%

    20whither a forerunner for us did enter -- Jesus, after the order of Melchisedek chief priest having become -- to the age.

  • Heb 5:6
    72%

    6as also in another `place' He saith, `Thou `art' a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'

  • Ps 110:4
    71%

    4Jehovah hath sworn, and doth not repent, `Thou `art' a priest to the age, According to the order of Melchizedek.'

  • Gen 14:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim,

    2they have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which `is' Zoar.

  • Acts 7:2
    69%

    2and he said, `Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

  • Heb 6:13-14
    2 verses
    67%

    13For to Abraham God, having made promise, seeing He was able to swear by no greater, did swear by Himself,

    14saying, `Blessing indeed I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;'

  • Gen 24:1
    67%

    1And Abraham `is' old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all `things';

  • Gal 3:9
    67%

    9`Blessed in thee shall be all the nations;' so that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham,

  • Heb 13:20
    67%

    20And the God of the peace, who did bring up out of the dead the great shepherd of the sheep -- in the blood of an age-during covenant -- our Lord Jesus,

  • Heb 8:1
    67%

    1And the sum concerning the things spoken of `is': we have such a chief priest, who did sit down at the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens,

  • Gen 23:7
    67%

    7And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth,

  • Gen 22:19
    67%

    19And Abraham turneth back unto his young men, and they rise and go together unto Beer-Sheba; and Abraham dwelleth in Beer-Sheba.

  • Gen 15:1
    67%

    1After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I `am' a shield to thee, thy reward `is' exceeding great.'

  • Gen 13:18
    67%

    18And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which `are' in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

  • Gen 21:27
    67%

    27And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant;

  • Heb 5:1
    67%

    1For every chief priest -- out of men taken -- in behalf of men is set in things `pertaining' to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

  • Gen 17:3
    66%

    3And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,