Hebrews 7:10

Easy To Read Version

Levi was not yet born. But Levi was in the body of his ancestor Abraham when Melchizedek met Abraham.

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God All-Powerful. [208] {And I give you this blessing:} Have many children and grow into a great nation. Other nations and other kings will come out of you.

Genesis 46:26

The total number of Jacob’s direct descendants [248] that went with him to Egypt was 66 people. (The wives of Jacob’s sons were not counted in this number.)

1 Kings 8:19

But you are not the one that I have chosen to build the temple. Your son will build my temple!’

Hebrews 5:6

And in another part \{of the Scriptures {\cf2\super [40]} \} God says,

Hebrews 7:11

People were given the law {\cf2\super [62]} under the system of priests from the Levi family group. {\cf2\super [63]} But people could not be made spiritually perfect through that system of priests. So there was a need for another priest to come. I mean a priest that is like Melchizedek, {\cf2\super [64]} not Aaron. {\cf2\super [65]}

Hebrews 7:5

Now the law says that people in the family group {\cf2\super [60]} of Levi who become priests must get one-tenth from the people. The priests collect it from their own people (the Jews), even though the priests and their people are both from the family of Abraham.

Hebrews 7:9

It is Levi who gets one-tenth \{from the people\}. But we can say that when Abraham paid Melchizedek one-tenth, then Levi also paid it.