Hebreus 7:6

6 mas aquele cuja genealogia não é contada entre eles, tomou dízimos de Abraão, e abençoou ao que tinha as promessas.

Hebreus 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 7:6

But he whose descent is not counted from them,
&c] That is, Melchizedek, whose genealogy or pedigree is not reckoned from the Levites, nor from any from whom they descend; his lineal descent is not the same with theirs; and so did not receive tithes by any law, as they did, but by virtue of his superiority: received tithes of Abraham; not from the people, or his brethren, but from Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, and of Levi himself:

and blessed him that had the promises;
of a Son, and of the Messiah, that should spring from him, in whom all nations should be blessed, and of the land of Canaan, and of the blessings of grace and glory. This shows that Melchizedek had a descent, though it was not known; and that, since his descent was not the same with the Levites, he was a more proper type of Christ, who belonged not to that, but another tribe.

Hebreus 7:6 In-Context

4 Considerai, pois, quão grande era este, a quem até o patriarca Abraão deu o dízimo dentre os melhores despojos.

5 E os que dentre os filhos de Levi recebem o sacerdócio têm ordem, segundo a lei, de tomar os dízimos do povo, isto é, de seus irmãos, ainda que estes também tenham saído dos lombos de Abraão;

6 mas aquele cuja genealogia não é contada entre eles, tomou dízimos de Abraão, e abençoou ao que tinha as promessas.

7 Ora, sem contradição alguma, o menor é abençoado pelo maior.

8 E aqui certamente recebem dízimos homens que morrem; ali, porém, os recebe aquele de quem se testifica que vive.