Living_Oracles(i)
4 Now, consider how great this priest was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the spoils.
5 For they, indeed, of the sons of Levi, who received the priesthood, have a commandment to tithe people according to the law; that is, their brethren, although they have come forth from the loins of Abraham:
6 but he, who did not derive his pedigree from their progenitors, tithed Abraham, and blessed the holder of the promises.
7 Now, beyond all contradiction, the less is blessed by the greater.
8 Besides, here, indeed, men, who die, take tithes; but there one, of whom it is testified that he lives.
9 And, as one may say, even Levi, who receives tithes, was tithed in Abraham: