Hebrews 7:5

God's Word

Moses’ Teachings say that members of the tribe of Levi who become priests must receive a tenth of everything from the people. The priests collect it from their own people, Abraham’s descendants.

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fertile, and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from you.

Genesis 46:26

The total number of Jacob’s direct descendants who went with him to Egypt was 66. This didn’t include the wives of Jacob’s sons.

1 Kings 8:19

But you must not build the temple. Instead, your own son will build the temple for my name.’

Nehemiah 13:10

I learned that the Levites had not been given their portions. So each of the Levites and singers, who conducted the worship ⌞in the temple⌟, had left for their own fields.

Exodus 1:5

Joseph was already in Egypt. The total number of Jacob’s descendants was 70.

Exodus 28:1

⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Out of all the Israelites, bring your brother Aaron and his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar to you. They will serve me as priests.

Numbers 18:7

Only you and your sons may do the work of priests—everything done at the altar and under the canopy. This is my gift to you: You may serve me as priests. Anyone else who comes near ⌞the holy place to do this work⌟ must die.”

Deuteronomy 26:12

Every third year is the year when you will store a tenth of that year’s crops ⌞in your houses⌟. During that year distribute what you have stored to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows in your cities, and they may eat all they want.

Hebrews 5:4

No one takes this honor for himself. Instead, God calls him as he called Aaron.

Hebrews 7:10

Even though Levi had not yet been born, he was in the body of Abraham when Melchizedek met him.