And, soto speak,throughAbrahamevenLevi,who receivedtithes,paid tithes,
And blessedbe GodMostHigh,Whohas deliveredyour enemiesinto your hand."He gavehim a tenthof all.
"For everyonewho asksreceives,and he who seeksfinds,and to him who knocksit will be opened.
Therefore,justas throughonemansinenteredinto the world,and deaththroughsin,and sodeathspreadto allmen,becauseallsinned--
"Whenyou have finishedpayingallthe titheof your increasein the thirdyear,the yearof tithing,then you shall giveit to the Levite,to the stranger,to the orphanand to the widow,that they may eatin your townsand be satisfied.
for he was stillin the loinsof his fatherwhenMelchizedekmethim.
Nowobservehow greatthis manwas to whomAbraham,the patriarch,gavea tenthof the choicest spoils.
In this casemortalmenreceivetithes,but in that caseone [receives them], of whom it is witnessedthat he liveson.
