Hebrews 7:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people   #– #that is, from their brothers and sisters #– #though they have also descended from Abraham.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And it is true that those descendants of Levi who are charged with the priestly office are commanded in the Law to take tithes from the people–which means, from their brethren–though these have descended from Abraham.

American Standard Version (1901)

And they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest’s office have commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham:

Common English Bible

The descendants of Levi who receive the office of priest have a commandment under the Law to collect a tenth of everything from the people who are their brothers and sisters, though they also are descended from Abraham.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And indeed, those who are from the sons of Levi, having received the priesthood, hold a commandment to take tithes from the people in accord with the law, that is, from their brothers, even though they also went forth from the loins of Abraham.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And indeed they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is to say, of their brethren: though they themselves also came out of the loins of Abraham.

Hebrews 7:5 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 35:11

God also said to him, ‘I am God Almighty.  Be fruitful and multiply.  A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will come from you,  and kings will descend from you.  ,

Genesis 46:26

The total number of persons belonging to Jacob #– #his direct descendants,  not including the wives of Jacob’s sons #– #who came to Egypt: sixty-six.

1 Kings 8:19

Yet you are not the one to build it; instead, your son, your own offspring, will build it for my name.’

Nehemiah 13:10

I also found out that because the portions for the Levites had not been given,  each of the Levites and the singers performing the service had gone back to his own field.

Exodus 1:5

The total number of Jacob’s descendants  was seventy;  , Joseph was already in Egypt.

Exodus 28:1

‘Let your brother Aaron, with his sons, come to you from the Israelites to serve me as priest #– #Aaron, his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities  for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift,  but an unauthorised person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.’

Deuteronomy 26:12

‘When you have finished paying all the tenth of your produce in the third year,  the year of the tenth, you are to give it to the Levites, resident foreigners, fatherless children, and widows, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.

Hebrews 5:4

No one takes this honour on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.

Hebrews 7:10

for he was still within his ancestor  when Melchizedek met him.