Hebrews 7:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

Who

Numbers 18:7

To take

Come

1 Kings 8:19

General references

Leviticus 27:30

Hebrews 7:10

Bible References

Who

And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself.

Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.

Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?

And let Aaron's name be placed on the rod of Levi: for there is to be one rod for the head of every family.

And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.

To take

And every tenth part of the land, of the seed planted, or of the fruit of trees, is holy to the Lord.

Say to the Levites, When you take from the children of Israel the tenth which I have given to you from them as your heritage, a tenth part of that tenth is to be offered as an offering lifted up before the Lord.

In addition, he gave orders to the people of Jerusalem to give to the priests and Levites that part which was theirs by right, so that they might be strong in keeping the law of the Lord.

And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.

Come

Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him.

And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.

All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons: and Joseph had come to Egypt before them.

But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

General references

And every tenth part of the land, of the seed planted, or of the fruit of trees, is holy to the Lord.

Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him.