Hebrews 7:2

“To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, etc..] Or tithes, as in (<011420>Genesis 14:20). Philo the Jew f97 renders the Hebrew phrase, lkm rç[m, just as the apostle does dekathn apo pantwn, “a tenth part of all”, or “out of all”; not of all that he brought back, as Lot's goods, or the king of Sodom's, or any others; only of the spoils of the enemy, as in (<580704>Hebrews 7:4) which is no proof of any obligation on men to pay tithes now to any order of men; for this was a voluntary act, and not what any law obliged to; it was done but once, and not constantly, or every year; it was out of the spoils of the enemy, and not out of his own substance, or of the increase of the earth; nor was…”

“gave--Greek, "apportioned"; assigned as his portion. tenth . . . of all--namely, the booty taken. The tithes given are closely associated with the priesthood: the mediating priest received them as a pledge of the giver's whole property being God's; and as he conveyed God's gifts to man (Heb 7:1, "blessed him"), so also man's gifts to God. Melchisedec is a sample of how God preserves, amidst general apostasy, an elect remnant. The meeting of Melchisedec and Abraham is the connecting link between to two dispensations, the patriarchal, represented by Melchisedec, who seems to have been specially consecrated by God as a KING-PRIEST, the highest form of that primitive system in which each father…”

“To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all - That is, a tenth part of all the spoils which he had taken Genesis 14:20, thus acknowledging that in dignity of office Melchizedek was greatly his superior; Hebrews 7:4, Hebrews 7:6, Hebrews 7:8. This does not appear to have been on the part of Abraham so much designed as a present to Melchizedek personally, as an act of pious thankfulness to God. He doubtless recognized in Melchizedek one who was a minister of God, and to him as such he devoted the tenth of all which he had taken, as a proper acknowledgment of the goodness of God and of his claims. From this it is evident that the propriety of devoting a tenth part of what was possessed to…”

“Being first - According to the meaning of his own name. King of righteousness, then - According to the name of his city. King of peace - So in him, as in Christ, righteousness and peace were joined. And so they are in all that believe in him. Hebrews 7:3”

“7:2 Abraham was giving a tenth to the Lord by giving it to Melchizedek, his priest. This act anticipates the giving of tithes under the law (Lev 27:30, 32) and becomes a key point in the author’s argument (Heb 7:4). • Melchi- (Hebrew melek) means king. • -zedek (Hebrew tsedeq) means justice or righteousness. • Salem (Hebrew shalom) means peace. It was common for rabbis to bring out the theological significance of a biblical figure’s name by making associations between the name and other Hebrew terms.”

“a tenth: Gen 28:22; Lev 27:32; Num 18:21; Sa1 8:15, Sa1 8:17 King of righteousness: Sa2 8:15, Sa2 23:3; Kg1 4:24, Kg1 4:25; Ch1 22:9; Psa 45:4-7, Psa 72:1-3, Psa 72:7, Psa 85:10, Psa 85:11; Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7, Isa 32:1, Isa 32:2, Isa 45:22-25; Jer 23:5, Jer 23:6, Jer 33:15, Jer 33:16; Mic 5:5; Luk 2:14; Rom 3:26, Rom 5:1, Rom 5:2; Eph 2:14-18 Hebrews 7:3”