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Tithes: Paid by Abraham to Melchizedek

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Genesis 14:20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
Hebrews 7:2–6 and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” / Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time. / Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.