and blessed be El Elyon, Who gave over your enemies Into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Hebrews 7:9 - Tree of Life Version Through Abraham even Levi, the one receiving tithes, has paid the tithe, so to speak— 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 El Elyon, Who gave over your enemies Into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it shall be opened.
So then, just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, in the same way death spread to all men because all sinned.
“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.
Now see how great this man is! Even Abraham the patriarch gave him a tenth out of the plunder.
In one case, dying men receive tithes; but in the other, one about whom it is testified that he lives on.