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He has no father or mother. The names of the family from which he comes are not written down. It is not written down that he was born or that he died. But, like the Son of God, he stays on being a priest for ever.

Just think how great he was! Even Abraham, the father of our people, gave him a tenth, one part out of ten, of all he brought back.

The sons of Levi, who are priests, have the right by law to take a tenth of what the people have. These people are their own brothers. They also are Abraham's children.

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