Hebrews 7:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A person might even say that Levi [the father of the priestly tribe] himself, who received tithes (the tenth), paid tithes through Abraham,

American Standard Version (1901)

And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;

Common English Bible

It could be said that Levi, who received a tenth, paid a tenth through Abraham

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so it may be said that even Levi, who received tithes, was himself a tithe through Abraham.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And (as it may be said) even Levi who received tithes, paid tithes in Abraham:

Hebrews 7:9 Cross References

Genesis 14:20

and blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

Matthew 7:8

for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Romans 5:12

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Deuteronomy 26:12

When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;

Hebrews 7:10

For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchiz´edek met him.

Hebrews 7:4

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

Hebrews 7:8

And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.