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blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
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And so, after he had patiently
endured, he obtained the promise.
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for
confirmation
is
to them an end of all strife.
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Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto
the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed
it
by an oath:
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That by two
immutable things, in which
it was
impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation,
who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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Which
hope
we have as an
anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
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Whither
the forerunner is for us entered,
even
Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.
CHAPTER 7
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning
from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
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To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all;
first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is,
King of peace;
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Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days,
nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
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Now consider
how great this man
was,
unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
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And
verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a
commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though
they come out of the loins of Abraham:
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But he whose descent is not counted from them received
tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
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And without all contradiction the less
is blessed of the better.
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And here men that die receive tithes; but there he
receiveth them,
of whom
it is witnessed that he liveth.
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And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes
in Abraham.
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For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
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If therefore
perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further
need
was there
that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after
the order of Aaron?
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For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also
of the law.
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For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man
gave attendance at the altar.
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For
it is
evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe
Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
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And it is yet far more evident: for that after the
similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
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Who is made, not after the law of a carnal
commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
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For he testifieth, Thou
art
a priest for ever
after the order of Melchisedec.
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For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going
before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
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For the law made nothing perfect, but the
bringing in of a better hope
did;
by the which we draw nigh unto God.
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And inasmuch as not
without an oath
he was made priest:
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(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with
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