Ebrei 7:6

6 quello, invece, che non è della loro stirpe, prese la decima da Abramo e benedisse colui che avea le promesse!

Ebrei 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.

Ebrei 7:6 In-Context

4 Or considerate quanto grande fosse colui al quale Abramo, il patriarca, dette la decima del meglio della preda.

5 Or quelli d’infra i figliuoli di Levi che ricevono il sacerdozio, hanno bensì ordine, secondo la legge, di prender le decime dal popolo, cioè dai loro fratelli, benché questi siano usciti dai lombi d’Abramo;

6 quello, invece, che non è della loro stirpe, prese la decima da Abramo e benedisse colui che avea le promesse!

7 Ora, senza contraddizione, l’inferiore è benedetto dal superiore;

8 e poi, qui, quelli che prendon le decime son degli uomini mortali; ma là le prende uno di cui si attesta che vive.