3. Without father, mother, or ancestry, without beginning of days or end of life, thus made to resemble the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
4. See how great he is to whom the patriarch “Abraham [indeed] gave a tenth” of his spoils.
5. The descendants of Levi who receive the office of priesthood have a commandment according to the law to exact tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, although they also have come from the loins of Abraham.
6. But he who was not of their ancestry received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had received the promises.