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Hebrews 7:6 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 7 · verse 6
But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.Hebrews 7:6 · King James Version
Hebrews 7:6 in context
4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
5And 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:
6But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
8And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- countedgenealogeōto recount a family s origin and lineage, trace ancestry, to draw one s origin, derive…G1075 →
- AbrahamabraamAbraham = " father of a multitude" , the son of Terah and the founder of the…G11 →
- blessedeulogeōto praise, celebrate with praises, to invoke blessings, to consecrate a thing with solemn…G2127 →
- tithesdekatoōto exact or receive the tenth part, to pay tithesG1183 →
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The foregoing chapter ended with a repetition of what had been cited once and again before out of Psa 110:4, Jesus, a high priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. Now this chapter is as a sermon upon that text;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10