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Hebrews 7:9-10 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 7 · verses 9–10
9And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. 10For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.Hebrews 7:9-10 · King James Version
Hebrews 7:9-10 in context
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.
9And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
10For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
11If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- MelchisedecmelchisedekMelchizedek = " king of righteousness" , the king of Salem and priest of the most…G3198 →
- receivethlambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- tithesdekatēa tenth part of anything, a tithe, the tenth party of booty taken from an enemy, the…G1181 →
- tithesdekatoōto exact or receive the tenth part, to pay tithesG1183 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- loinsosphysthe hip , to gird, gird about, the loins, a loin, the loins, the place where the Hebrews…G3751 →
- LevileuiLevi = " joined" , the third son of the patriarch Jacob by his wife Leah, the…G3017 →
- sayeposa wordG2031 →
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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