Hebrews 7:5

New King James Version

And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham;

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

Also God said to him: “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.

Genesis 46:26

All the persons who went with Jacob to Egypt, who came from his body, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all.

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.’

Nehemiah 13:10

I also realized that the portions for the Levites had not been given them; for each of the Levites and the singers who did the work had gone back to his field.

Exodus 1:5

All those who were descendants of Jacob were seventy persons (for Joseph was in Egypt already).

Exodus 28:1

“Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Numbers 18:7

Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

Deuteronomy 26:12

“When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year—the year of tithing—and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be filled,

Hebrews 5:4

And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.

Hebrews 7:10

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