Riverside(i)
1 FOR, this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham when he was returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,
2 and to whom Abraham gave a tenth of all (first, by the translation of his name, "King of Righteousness," and then king of Salem, which means "King of Peace"),
3 without father, without mother, without ancestors, without either birthday or end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest permanently.
4 But see how great this man was, since Abraham the patriarch gave him a tenth of his choicest spoils.
5 And even those of the sons of Levi who attain the priesthood have command according to the Law to take a tenth from the people, their own brethren, although these have sprung from the loins of Abraham.
6 But he who had no genealogy from these took a tenth from Abraham and pronounced a blessing on him who had the promises.
7 Without dispute the less is blessed by the greater.
8 And here mortal men receive tenths, but there one of whom the witness is that he is living.
9 And, to put it frankly, Levi, who receives the tenths, was made to pay a tenth through Abraham.
10 For he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met Abraham.