Hebreos 7:6

6 Pero aquel cuya genealogía no viene de ellos, recibió el diezmo de Abraham y bendijo al que tenía las promesas.

Hebreos 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.

Hebreos 7:6 In-Context

4 Considerad, pues, la grandeza de este hombre a quien Abraham, el patriarca, dio el diezmo de lo mejor del botín.

5 Y en verdad los de los hijos de Leví que reciben el oficio de sacerdote, tienen mandamiento en la ley de recoger el diezmo del pueblo, es decir, de sus hermanos, aunque éstos son descendientes de Abraham.

6 Pero aquel cuya genealogía no viene de ellos, recibió el diezmo de Abraham y bendijo al que tenía las promesas.

7 Y sin discusión alguna, el menor es bendecido por el mayor.

8 Aquí, ciertamente hombres mortales reciben el diezmo, pero allí, los recibe uno de quien se da testimonio de que vive.