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and to him Abraham gave a tenth of his spoils. Observe, in the first place, that his name means, the king of justice; and further that he is king of Salem, that is, of peace. (Hebrews 7, 2)
Consider how great a man was this, to whom the patriarch Abraham himself gave a tenth part of his chosen spoil. (Hebrews 7, 4)
The descendants of Levi, when the priesthood is conferred on them, are allowed by the provisions of the law to take tithes from God’s people, although these, like themselves, come from the privileged stock of Abraham; after all, they are their brothers; (Hebrews 7, 5)
here is one who owns no common descent with them, taking tithes from Abraham himself. He blesses him, too, blesses the man to whom the promises have been made; (Hebrews 7, 6)
And indeed, there is a sense in which we can say that Levi, who receives the tithe, paid tithe himself with Abraham; (Hebrews 7, 9)
as the heir of Abraham’s body, he was present in the person of his ancestor, when he met Melchisedech. (Hebrews 7, 10)
If that were so, he must have suffered again and again, ever since the world was created; as it is, he has been revealed once for all, at the moment when history reached its fulfilment, annulling our sin by his sacrifice. (Hebrews 9, 26)
And he to whom the name of Abraham was given shewed faith when he left his home, obediently, for the country which was to be his inheritance; left it without knowing where his journey would take him.✻ (Hebrews 11, 8)
Abraham shewed faith, when he was put to the test, by offering up Isaac. He was ready to offer up an only son, this man who had made the promises his own, (Hebrews 11, 17)
What need is there to say more? Time will fail me if I try to go through all the history of Gedeon, of Barac, of Samson, of Jephte, of David and Samuel and the prophets. (Hebrews 11, 32)
for us, God had something better in store. We were needed, to make the history of their lives complete.✻ (Hebrews 11, 40)
Think of our father Abraham; was it not by his deeds that he found approval, when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? (James 2, 21)
