“And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.”
Hebrews 7:9
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Connection with Abram's tithe to Melchizedek
Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything (Genesis 14:20). Levi was still unborn, in the body of his forefather Abraham, so Hebrews says Levi in a sense paid the tithe too. The priesthood that would one day run the temple system bowed to Melchizedek before it existed.
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