Hebrews 7:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through 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 God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

Matthew 7:8

For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Romans 5:12

Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned—

Deuteronomy 26:12

“When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, which is the year of tithing, giving it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within your towns and be filled,

Hebrews 7:10

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

Hebrews 7:4

See how great he is! Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of the spoils.

Hebrews 7:8

Here tithes are received by mortal men; there, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.