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and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything he had brought back from the battle. First, Melchizedek’s name means “king of goodness,” and he is king of Salem, which means “king of peace.” No one knows who Melchizedek’s father or mother was,[a] where he came from, when he was born, or when he died. Melchizedek is like the Son of God; he continues being a priest forever.

You can see how great Melchizedek was. Abraham, the great father, gave him a tenth of everything that he won in battle.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:3 No . . . was Literally, “Melchizedek was without father, without mother, without genealogy.”

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