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Chapter 7 For this Melchizedek,
king of Salem, priest of the Most High

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God, who met Abraham returning from the
slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,

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to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of
all, first being by interpretation king of

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righteousness, and after that also king of
Salem, which is king of peace,

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without father, mother, without descent,
having neither beginning of days nor end

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of life, but made like unto the Son of
God, abideth a priest continually.

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Now consider how great this man was,
unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave

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the tenth of the spoils.

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And verily they that are of the sons of
Levi, who receive the office of the

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priesthood, have a commandment to take
tithes of the people according to the law,

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that is, of their brethren, though they
come out of the loins of Abraham.

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But he whose descent is not counted from
them received tithes of Abraham,

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and blessed him that had the promises.

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And without all contradiction the less is
blessed of the better.

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And here men that die receive tithes,
but there he receiveth them, of whom it is

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witnessed that he liveth.

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And as I may so say, Levi also,
who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in

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Abraham, for he was yet in the loins of
his father, when Melchizedek met him.

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If therefore perfection were by the
Levitical priesthood, for under it the

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people received the law, what further need
was there that another priest should rise

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after the order of Melchizedek,
and not be called after the order of

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Aaron?

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For the priesthood being changed,
there is made of necessity a change also

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of the law.

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For he of whom these things are spoken
pertaineth to another tribe, of which no

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man gave attendance at the altar.

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For it is evident that our Lord sprang out
of Judah, of which tribe Moses spake

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nothing concerning priesthood.

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And it is yet far more evident,
for that after the similitude of

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Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,
who is made not after the law of a carnal

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commandment, but after the power of an
endless life.

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For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for
ever after the order of Melchizedek.

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For there is verily a disannulling of the
commandment going before, for the weakness

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and unprofitableness thereof.

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For the law made nothing perfect,
but the bringing in of a better hope did,

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by the which we draw nigh unto God.

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And inasmuch as not without an oath he was
made priest, for those priests were made

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without an oath, but this with an oath by
him that said unto him, The Lord swear and

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will not repent, Thou art a priest for
ever after the order of Melchizedek.

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By so much was Jesus made a surety of a
better testament.

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And they truly were many priests,
because they were not suffered to continue

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by reason of death.

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But this man, because he continue with
ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

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Wherefore he is able also to save them
unto the uttermost that come unto God by

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him, seeing he ever liveth to make
intercession for them.

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For such an high priest became us,
who is holy, harmless, undefiled,

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separate from sinners, and made higher
than the heavens.

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Who needeth not daily, as those high
priests, to offer up sacrifice,

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first for his own sins, and then for the
people's.

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For this he did once, when he offered up
himself.

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For the law maketh men high priests,
which have infirmity.

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But the word of the oath, which was since
the law, maketh the Son, who is

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consecrated for evermore.