Hebreus 7:8

8 No primeiro caso, quem recebe o dízimo são homens mortais; no outro caso, é aquele de quem se declara que vive.

Hebreus 7:8 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 7:8

And here men that die receive tithes,
&c,] The priests and Levites were not only men, and mortal men, subject to death, but they did die, and so did not continue, by reason of death, ( Hebrews 7:24 )

but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth;
which is to be understood of Melchizedek; who is not opposed to men, as if he was not a man, nor to mortal men, but to men that die; nor is he said to be immortal, but to live: and this may respect the silence of the Scripture concerning him, which gives no account of his death; and may be interpreted of the perpetuity of his priesthood, and of his living in his antitype Christ; and the testimony concerning him is in ( Psalms 110:4 ) .

Hebreus 7:8 In-Context

6 Este homem, porém, que não pertencia à linhagem de Levi, recebeu os dízimos de Abraão e abençoou aquele que tinha as promessas.

7 Sem dúvida alguma, o inferior é abençoado pelo superior.

8 No primeiro caso, quem recebe o dízimo são homens mortais; no outro caso, é aquele de quem se declara que vive.

9 Pode-se até dizer que Levi, que recebe os dízimos, entregou-os por meio de Abraão,

10 pois, quando Melquisedeque se encontrou com Abraão, Levi ainda não havia sido gerado.