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Abraham and Levi

How Abraham and Levi are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.

How they are linked

  • Abraham was an ancestor of Levi.

    Hebrews reasons that Levi was "yet in the loins of his father" Abraham when Melchizedek met him, and so paid tithes in Abraham.

    Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham

    Hebrews 7:9, King James Version

    For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him

    Hebrews 7:10, King James Version

    Where they cross: Hebrews 7:9-10

Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.

Every passage, in order

Hebrews 7:9-10

9And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

10For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

King James Version

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