Hebrews 7:1-10 - The Greatness Of Melchizedek
1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham gave a tenth of all, being, first, by interpretation, King of righteousness, and then, also, King of Salem, which means King of peace, 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, but being made to resemble the Son of God, remains a priest forever.
4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils. 5 And those of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of 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: 6 but he who does not count his genealogy from them, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. 7 And, without any contradiction, the less is blessed by the better. 8 And in the one instance, men that die receive tithes; but in the other, he receives them who has the testimony that he lives. 9 And so to speak, even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham; 10 for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.