Hebrews 7:9
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
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7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he , of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?