3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like Ben-Elohim, he remains a kohen for all time.
4 Now see how great this man is! Even Abraham the patriarch gave him a tenth out of the plunder.
5 Indeed, those sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have, according to Torah, a command to collect a tithe from the people—that is, from their kin, although they have come out of the loins of Abraham.
6 But this one—who did not have their genealogy—has collected tithes from Abraham and has blessed him, the one holding the promises.
7 Now it is beyond dispute that the lesser is blessed by the greater.
8 In one case, dying men receive tithes; but in the other, one about whom it is testified that he lives on.
9 Through Abraham even Levi, the one receiving tithes, has paid the tithe, so to speak—