Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

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Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch(A) Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder!(B)

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And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

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Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people(A)—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham.

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