Hebrews 7:9
and, so to speak, through Abraham, Levi also, who received tithes, has been made to pay tithes.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
In Context
8And here dying men receive tithes; but there [one] of whom the witness is that he lives;
10For he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedec met him.
Cross References
Genesis 14:20And blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him the tenth of all.
Hebrews 7:4Now consider how great this [personage] was, to whom [even] the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 7:2-11
Melchisedec's Priesthood. ( a. d. 62.) 1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; 3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. 4 Now… Read the whole commentary →