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The priests who collect tithes are men who die, so Melchizedek is greater than they are, because we are told that he lives on. In addition, we might even say that these Levites—the ones who collect the tithe—paid a tithe to Melchizedek when their ancestor Abraham paid a tithe to him.

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In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living.(A) One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,

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