“We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,”
— WEB
Hebrews 7:9
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.”
— KJV
“And, so to say, through Abraham even Levi, who receiveth tithes, hath paid tithes;”
— ASV
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Commentary
as I may so say--to preclude what he is about to say being taken in the mere literal sense; I may say that, virtually, Levi, in the person of his father Abraham, acknowledged Melchisedec's superiority, and paid tithes to him. who receiveth tithes--(Compare Heb 7:5). in Abraham--Greek, "by means of (by the hand of) Abraham"; through Abraham. "Paid tithes," literally, "hath been tithed," that is, been taken tithes of.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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