3. He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.
4. See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils!
5. And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham.
6. But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
7. It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior.
8. In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.
9. One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,