Hebrews 7:1

New Testament Epistle (General) ASV (1901)

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

Hebrews 7:1 — American Standard Version

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Context — Hebrews 7

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1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

2to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace;

3without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually.

4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.

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