1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

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Genesis 14:18, Genesis 14:20, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 14:20, Psalms 57:2

2to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace;

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Numbers 18:21, Numbers 18:21, 1 Samuel 8:17, 1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Samuel 8:15

3without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.

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Hebrews 7:17, Hebrews 7:17, Hebrews 7:23, Hebrews 7:28, Hebrews 7:6

4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.

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Genesis 14:20, Genesis 14:20, Acts 2:29, Acts 2:29, Genesis 17:5

5They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the Law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,

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Numbers 18:21, Numbers 18:32, Leviticus 27:30, Leviticus 27:33, 2 Chronicles 31:4

6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

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Romans 4:13, Romans 4:13, Genesis 17:4, Genesis 17:8, Hebrews 7:3

7But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

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2 Chronicles 30:27, Genesis 48:15, Genesis 48:20, 2 Chronicles 30:27, Genesis 48:15

8Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.

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Hebrews 6:20, Hebrews 6:20, Hebrews 5:6, Hebrews 5:6, Revelation 1:18

9We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,

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Romans 5:12, Genesis 14:20, Romans 5:12, Genesis 14:20, Hebrews 7:4

10for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.

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Genesis 35:11, Genesis 46:26, Hebrews 7:5, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 46:26

11Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

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Hebrews 8:7, Hebrews 8:7, Galatians 2:21, Galatians 2:21, Hebrews 7:17

12For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.

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Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 31:34, Isaiah 66:21, Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 31:34

13For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

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Hebrews 7:11, Hebrews 7:11, Hebrews 7:14, Hebrews 7:14, 2 Chronicles 26:16

14For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

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Micah 5:2, Micah 5:2, Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 11:1, Revelation 5:5

15This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

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Psalms 110:4, Psalms 110:4, Hebrews 7:11, Hebrews 7:17, Hebrews 7:21

16who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

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Colossians 2:20, Colossians 2:20, Hebrews 10:1, Hebrews 7:3, Colossians 2:14

17for it is testified, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."

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Psalms 110:4, Psalms 110:4, Hebrews 5:6, Hebrews 5:6, Hebrews 7:21

18For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

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Romans 8:3, Romans 8:3, Acts 13:39, Acts 13:39, Hebrews 7:11

19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

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Acts 13:39, Acts 13:39, Hebrews 4:16, Hebrews 4:16, Hebrews 9:9

20Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath

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Numbers 18:7, Numbers 18:7, Hebrews 5:6, Psalms 110:4, Hebrews 5:6

21(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'"

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Psalms 110:4, Psalms 110:4, Hebrews 7:17, Hebrews 7:17, Hebrews 6:16

22By so much, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

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1 Corinthians 11:25, 1 Corinthians 11:25, Hebrews 8:6, Hebrews 8:12, Genesis 44:32

23Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.

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Nehemiah 12:10, Nehemiah 12:11, Nehemiah 12:10, Nehemiah 12:11, Hebrews 7:8

24But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.

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Hebrews 7:28, Hebrews 7:28, John 12:34, John 12:34, Isaiah 9:6

25Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

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Romans 8:34, Romans 8:34, 1 John 2:1, 1 John 2:2, 1 John 2:1

26For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

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Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 4:15, 2 Corinthians 5:21

27who does not need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.

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Hebrews 9:12, Hebrews 9:28, Hebrews 9:12, Hebrews 9:28, Hebrews 9:14

28For the Law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the Law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.

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Hebrews 2:10, Hebrews 2:10, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 7:21, Hebrews 1:2