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Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like Ben-Elohim, he remains a kohen for all time.

Now see how great this man is! Even Abraham the patriarch gave him a tenth out of the plunder. Indeed, those sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have, according to Torah, a command to collect a tithe from the people[a]—that is, from their kin, although they have come out of the loins of Abraham.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:5 cf. Num. 18:21-32.