Hébreux 7:6

6 Lui, qui n'était pas de la même famille qu'eux, il leva la dîme sur Abraham, et bénit celui qui avait les promesses.

Hébreux 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.

Hébreux 7:6 In-Context

4 Or considérez combien est grand celui à qui Abraham le patriarche donna la dîme du butin.

5 Et tandis que ceux d'entre les fils de Lévi, qui exercent la sacrificature, ont l'ordre, selon la loi, de lever la dîme sur le peuple, c'est-à-dire, sur leurs frères, qui cependant sont issus des reins d'Abraham,

6 Lui, qui n'était pas de la même famille qu'eux, il leva la dîme sur Abraham, et bénit celui qui avait les promesses.

7 Or, sans contredit, c'est l'inférieur qui est béni par le supérieur.

8 Et ici ce sont des hommes mortels qui prélèvent les dîmes; mais là il est attesté que celui qui les reçoit, est vivant.