Hebrews 7:5

Tree of Life Version

Indeed, those sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have, according to Torah, a command to collect a tithe from the people—that is, from their kin, although they have come out of the loins of Abraham.

Cross References

Genesis 35:11

God also said to him: “I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assembly of nations will come from you. From your loins will come forth kings.

Genesis 46:26

All the people belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—those coming from his loins (not counting the wives of Jacob’s sons)—the tally of all the people was 66.

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless you will not build the House, but your son who will come out of your loins, he shall build the House for My Name.’

Nehemiah 13:10

I also learned that the portions for the Levites had not been provided, and that each of the Levites and singers who performed the work had gone back to his own field.

Exodus 1:5

The souls that came out of the line of Jacob numbered 70 in all, while Joseph was already in Egypt.

Exodus 28:1

“Bring your brother Aaron near with his sons from among Bnei-Yisrael, so that they may minister to Me as kohanim—Aaron and his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons with you are to maintain your priesthood for everything pertaining to the altar and inside the parokhet . I am giving you the ministry of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone unauthorized who approaches will die.”

Deuteronomy 26:12

“When you finish tithing the full tenth of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, to the outsider, to the orphan and to the widow, so that they may eat within your town gates and be satisfied.

Hebrews 5:4

And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when he is called by God, as Aaron was.

Hebrews 7:10

for he was still in his father’s loins when Melechizedek met him.