Hebrews 7:8-10

8 The priests who collect tithes are men who die, so Melchizedek is greater than they are, because we are told that he lives on.
9 In addition, we might even say that these Levites—the ones who collect the tithe—paid a tithe to Melchizedek when their ancestor Abraham paid a tithe to him.
10 For although Levi wasn’t born yet, the seed from which he came was in Abraham’s body when Melchizedek collected the tithe from him.
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