◄ Hebrews 7:9 ►
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Good News Translation
And, so to speak, when Abraham paid the tenth, Levi (whose descendants collect the tenth) also paid it.

New Revised Standard Version
One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,

Contemporary English Version
Levi's descendants are now the ones who receive a tenth from people. We could even say that when Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth, Levi also gave him a tenth.

New American Bible
One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, was tithed through Abraham,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And (as it may be said) even Levi who received tithes paid tithes in Abraham:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And (as it may be said) even Levi who received tithes paid tithes in Abraham:

payed.

Hebrews 7:4 Now consider how great this man is, to whom also Abraham the patriarch gave tithes out of the principal things.

Genesis 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection, the enemies are in thy hands. And he gave him the tithes of all.

Romans 5:12 Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world and by sin death: and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned.

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Context
Melchizedek and Abraham
…8And here indeed, men that die receive tithes: but there, he hath witness that he liveth. 9And (as it may be said) even Levi who received tithes paid tithes in Abraham: 10For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedech met him.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:12
When thou hast made an end of tithing all thy fruits, in the third year of tithes thou shalt give it to the Levite, and to the stranger, and to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled:

Matthew 7:8
For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

Hebrews 7:8
And here indeed, men that die receive tithes: but there, he hath witness that he liveth.

Hebrews 7:10
For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedech met him.

Hebrews 7:8
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