7. There is no doubt that the one who blesses is greater than the one who is blessed.
8. In the case of the priests the tenth is collected by men who die; but as for Melchizedek the tenth was collected by one who lives, as the scripture says.
9. And, so to speak, when Abraham paid the tenth, Levi (whose descendants collect the tenth) also paid it.
10. For Levi had not yet been born, but was, so to speak, in the body of his ancestor Abraham when Melchizedek met him.