Abraham measured out one tenth of everything he had [taken in battle] and gave it to Melchizedek. (Now "Melchizedek" means, first of all, "King of Righteousness," and then [since he was] King of Salem, it also means "King of Peace").

One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,

But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

In the one case, mortal men collect the tenth, in the other, one who, as the witness states, lives on.

And see how great this one is, to whom also a tenth Abraham the patriarch did give out of the best of the spoils,