Hebrews 7:6
4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
- KJV
- But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
- WEB
- but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.
- ASV
- but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.
- DARBY
- but he who has no genealogy from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.
- BLB
- But the one not tracing his descent out from them has collected a tenth from Abraham and has blessed the one having the promises.
- ÅB
- så har denne, som ikke regner sin slekt fra dem, tatt tiende av Abraham og velsignet ham som hadde løftene.
- OTB
- Likevel samlet denne mannen, hvis slektstavle ikke er sporet fra dem, en tidel fra Abraham og velsignet ham som hadde løftene.
- B1930
- så har denne, som ikke regner sin ætt fra dem, tatt tiende av Abraham og velsignet ham som hadde løftene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 4:13
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Read in contextHebrews 7:3–4
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.
Read in contextGenesis 13:14–17
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Read in contextGenesis 17:4–8
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Read in contextHebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
Read in contextRomans 9:4
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Read in contextHebrews 6:13–15
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Read in contextGenesis 22:17–18
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
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