and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him one tenth of everything.
Hebrews 7:9 - New Revised Standard Version One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes 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 delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him one tenth of everything.
For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned—
When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year (which is the year of the tithe), giving it to the Levites, the aliens, the orphans, and the widows, so that they may eat their fill within your towns,
for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.
See how great he is! Even Abraham the patriarch gave him a tenth of the spoils.
In the one case, tithes are received by those who are mortal; in the other, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.