7. But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.
8. And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
9. And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;
10. for he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.
11. Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need
12. For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
13. For he of whom these things are said belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar.
14. For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah; as to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priests.