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Now consider how great this man was: even Abraham the patriarch(A) gave a tenth of the plunder to him. The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people(B) – that is, from their brothers and sisters – though they have also descended from Abraham. But one without this[a] lineage collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.(C)

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  1. 7:6 Lit their