"And here men that die receive tithes; but there he {receiveth them}, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth." — Hebrews 7:8

Hebrews 7:8 · KJV

“And here men that die receive tithes; but there he {receiveth them}, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.”

— Hebrews 7:8

And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

Hebrews 7 — Context

But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. {descent: or, pedigree}

And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

And here men that die receive tithes; but there he {receiveth them}, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.

Cross References

Hebrews 6:20

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, {even} Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Hebrews 5:6

As he saith also in another {place}, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

Revelation 1:18

I {am} he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

John 14:19

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

Hebrews 7:23

And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Hebrews 9:24-25

For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, {which are} the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

Hebrews 3:16

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.