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|Hebreos 7:1|
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,
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|Hebreos 7:2|
and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace”.
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|Hebreos 7:3|
Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest for ever.
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|Hebreos 7:4|
Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!
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|Hebreos 7:5|
Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people — that is, their brothers — even though their brothers are descended from Abraham.
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|Hebreos 7:6|
This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
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|Hebreos 7:7|
And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater.
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|Hebreos 7:8|
In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.
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|Hebreos 7:9|
One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,
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|Hebreos 7:10|
because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
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