Hebrews 7:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

And indeed, those who are from the sons of Levi, having received the priesthood, hold a commandment to take tithes from the people in accord with the law, that is, from their brothers, even though they also went forth from the loins of Abraham.

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

and he said to him: "I am Almighty God: increase and multiply. Tribes and peoples of nations will be from you, and kings will go forth from your loins.

Genesis 46:26

All the souls who went into Egypt with Jacob and who went out from his thigh, besides the wives of his sons, were sixty-six.

1 Kings 8:19

Yet truly, you shall not build a house for me. Instead, your son, who shall go forth from your loins, he himself shall build a house to my name.'

Nehemiah 13:10

And I realized that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, and that each one had fled into his own region, from the Levites, and from the singing men, and from those who were ministering.

Exodus 1:5

Therefore, all the souls of those who went forth from Jacob's thigh were seventy. Now Joseph was in Egypt.

Exodus 28:1

"Also, join to yourself your brother Aaron, with his sons from the midst of the sons of Israel, so that they may exercise the priesthood for me: Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Numbers 18:7

But as for you and your sons: guard the priesthood. For all that pertains to the service of the altar and of what is beyond the veil shall be exercised by the priests. If any outsider will approach, he shall be killed."

Deuteronomy 26:12

When you will have completed the tithing of all your crops, in the third year of tithes, you shall give it to the Levite, and to the new arrival, and to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied.

Hebrews 5:4

Neither does anyone take up this honor himself, but rather he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.

Hebrews 7:10

For he was still in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.