3. without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.
4. Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best plunder.
5. They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the Torah, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,
6. but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.
7. But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
8. Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.
9. We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,