Hebrews 7:10

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Hebrews 7:5

And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham.

Genesis 46:26

All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.

Genesis 35:11

And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’

Hebrews 5:6

as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:9

One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,

Hebrews 7:11

Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?