and blessed be God Most High who has handed over your enemies to you. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Hebrews 7:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And in a sense Levi himself, who receives a tenth, has paid a tenth through Abraham, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A person might even say that Levi [the father of the priestly tribe] himself, who received tithes (the tenth), paid tithes through Abraham, American Standard Version (1901) And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes; Common English Bible It could be said that Levi, who received a tenth, paid a tenth through Abraham Catholic Public Domain Version And so it may be said that even Levi, who received tithes, was himself a tithe through Abraham. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And (as it may be said) even Levi who received tithes, paid tithes in Abraham: |
and blessed be God Most High who has handed over your enemies to you. And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, in this way death spread to all people, because all sinned.
‘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.
Now consider how great this man was: even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the plunder to him.
In the one case, men who will die receive a tenth, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives.