Hebrews 7:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ And, so to speak, Levi, who collected a tenth [from the Israelites], paid a tenth through Abraham,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;

Common English Bible

⁹ It could be said that Levi, who received a tenth, paid a tenth through Abraham

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And so it may be said that even Levi, who received tithes, was himself a tithe through Abraham.

Hebrews 7:9 Cross References

Matthew 7:8

For every person who asks will [certainly] receive; and the one who looks will [certainly] find; and to the person who knocks, the door will [certainly] be opened.

Romans 5:12

For even before the Law of Moses, sin was [being committed] in the world. But man is not responsible for [his] sin when there is no law.

Hebrews 7:10

for when Melchizedek met him, he was still in Abraham’s body [i.e., Levi had not yet been born as a descendant of Abraham].

Hebrews 7:4

Now consider how great this man was, to whom the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of what he had taken [in battle].

Hebrews 7:8

And in the one case, men here [on earth, that is, the Levites] who die, collect a tenth [from the rest of the Israelites], but there [i.e., in the case of Melchizedek] it is collected by someone about whom it is declared [by Scripture] that he continues to live.