Hebrews 7:1–10

Melchizedek’s Priesthood Like Christ’s

¹For this ^aMelchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the ^bMost High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

²to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace.

³Without father, without mother, ^awithout genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like ^bthe Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

⁴Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the ^apatriarch, ^bgave a tenth of the choicest spoils.

⁵And those indeed of ^athe sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have commandment ¹in the Law to collect ²a tenth from the people, that is, from their brethren, although these ³are descended from Abraham.

⁶But the one ^awhose genealogy is not traced from them ^bcollected ¹a tenth from Abraham and ²blessed the one who ^chad the promises.

⁷But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

⁸In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case one receives them, ^aof whom it is witnessed that he lives on.

⁹And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, paid tithes,

¹⁰for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.