4Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!
4Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!
1 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,
2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means "king of righteousness"; then also, "king of Salem" means "king of peace."
3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever.
4 Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!
5 Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people--that is, their brothers--even though their brothers are descended from Abraham.
6 This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
7:4Now consider how great this man [was,] unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
7:4Now consider how great this man is, to whom also Abraham the patriarch gave tithes out of the principal things.
7:4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.
7:4Now consider how great this personage was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.
7:4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.
7:4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
7:4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.
7:4And see how great this one is, to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils,
7:4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.