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He has no father, mother, or genealogy, no birth date recorded for him, nor a date of death.[a] Like the Son of God, he continues to be a priest forever.

Just look at how great this man was! Even Abraham—the patriarch himself—gave him a tenth of what he had captured! The descendants of Levi who accept the priesthood have a commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their own brothers, even though they are also descendants of Abraham.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:3 Lit. had neither beginning of days nor end of life