4. See how great he is to whom the patriarch “Abraham [indeed] gave a tenth” of his spoils.
5. The descendants of Levi who receive the office of priesthood have a commandment according to the law to exact tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, although they also have come from the loins of Abraham.
6. But he who was not of their ancestry received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had received the promises.
7. Unquestionably, a lesser person is blessed by a greater.
8. In the one case, mortal men receive tithes; in the other, a man of whom it is testified that he lives on.
9. One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, was tithed through Abraham,