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 one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.

"And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests -- Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also?

You must write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.

But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service; but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death."

To take

"'Any tithe of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

"You are to speak to the Levites, and you must tell them, 'When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you are to offer up from it as a raised offering to the Lord a tenth of the tithe.

He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient to the law of the Lord.

I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields.

Come

For he was still in his ancestor Abraham's loins when Melchizedek met him.

Then God said to him, "I am the sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation -- even a company of nations -- will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants!

All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number. (This number does not include the wives of Jacob's sons.)

All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt,

But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.'

General references

"'Any tithe of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

For he was still in his ancestor Abraham's loins when Melchizedek met him.