Hebrews 7:10

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because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in Abraham’s body.

Cross References

Hebrews 7:5

Now the law says that the sons of Levi who become priests must collect a tenth from all the people. They collect it from the other Israelites even though they all belong to the family line of Abraham.

Hebrews 5:6

In another place God said, “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

Hebrews 7:9

We might even say that Levi, who receives the tenth from the Israelites, paid it to Melchizedek through Abraham,

Hebrews 7:11

If the priests who came from Levi’s family could have made the people perfect by what they did at the temple, then why would another priest have to come who wasn’t in the order of Aaron, but in the order of Melchizedek? The law that was given to the people said that priests had to come from Levi’s family line.