Hebrews 7:5

Modern English Version

Surely the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a command to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, though they also come from the seed of Abraham.

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will come from you, and kings shall come forth from you.

Genesis 46:26

All those who came with Jacob to Egypt, who were direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six in all.

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your loins, he shall build the house for My name.’

Nehemiah 13:10

When I perceived that the supplies for the Levites had not been given and that the Levites and the singers doing the work had fled, everyone to his own field,

Exodus 1:5

All the people who came from the seed of Jacob were seventy people, but Joseph was in Egypt already.

Exodus 28:1

And bring near to yourself Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister to Me as priests —Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

Numbers 18:7

And you and your sons with you will attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar, and within the veil, and you will serve. I have given your priesthood to you as a gift service, and the foreigner that comes near will be put to death.

Deuteronomy 26:12

When you have finished tithing all the tithes of your income the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow, that they may eat within your towns and be satisfied,

Hebrews 5:4

No man takes this honor for himself, but he who is called by God receives it, just as Aaron did.

Hebrews 7:10

for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met Abraham.