Hebrews 7:10

The Passion Translation

For although Levi was yet unborn, the seed from which Levi came was present in Abraham when he paid his tithe to Melchizedek. –

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

and said to him, “I am the God who is more than enough. Go and have many children, and they will multiply. A nation and a gathering of many nations will come from you; and you will be the ancestor of kings.

Genesis 46:26

The total number of the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not including his sons’ wives.

Hebrews 5:6

And in another Scripture he says about this new priestly order, “You are a Priest like Melchizedek, a King-Priest forever!”

Hebrews 7:11

If any of the Levitical priests who served under the law had the power to bring us into perfection, then why did God send Christ as Priest after the likeness of Melchizedek? He should have said, “After the likeness of Aaron.” –

Hebrews 7:5

It would be understandable if Melchizedek had been a Jewish priest, for later on God’s people were required by law to support their priests financially, because the priests were their relatives and Abraham’s descendants.

Hebrews 7:9

It could even be said that Levi, the ancestor of every Jewish priest who received tithes, actually paid tithes to Melchizedek through Abraham.