Hebrews 7:10

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Have many children and grow in number as a nation. You will be the ancestor of many nations and kings.

Genesis 46:26

So the total number of Jacob’s direct descendants who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not counting the wives of Jacob’s sons.

1 Kings 8:19

But you are not the one to build it. Your son, who comes from your own body, is the one who will build my temple.’

Hebrews 5:6

And in another Scripture God says, “You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:11

The people were given the law concerning the system of priests from the tribe of Levi, but they could not be made perfect through that system. So there was a need for another priest to come, a priest like Melchizedek, not Aaron.

Hebrews 7:5

Now the law says that those in the tribe of Levi who become priests must collect a tenth from the people—their own people—even though the priests and the people are from the family of Abraham.

Hebrews 7:9

We might even say that Levi, who receives a tenth, also paid it when Abraham paid Melchizedek a tenth.