Thematic Bible: Paid by abraham to melchizedek

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Characteristics OfPraise, Reasons ForTaxationFractions, One TenthTithesGod On HighTithing For PeopleBlessed Be God!Those God Gave Into Their HandsTithes And Offering

to whom Abraham apportioned one tenth of all the spoil, who is first, as his name shows, king of righteousness and then king of Salem, which means king of peace??3 with no father or mother or ancestry, and with no beginning to his days nor end to his life, but like no one but the Son of God, continues as priest forever. Now see how great this man must have been to have the patriarch Abraham give him a tenth of the spoil. Those of the descendants of Levi who are appointed to the priesthood are directed by the Law to collect tithes from the people, that is, from their own brothers, although they are descended from Abraham like themselves. read more.
But this man, whose ancestry is not connected with theirs, collected tithes from Abraham himself, and gave his blessing to the man who had received the promises from God.