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- Catholic Giving - About USCCB Melchizedek, a Type of Christ.
1* This “Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most
High,”* “met Abraham as he returned from his defeat of the
kings” and “blessed him.”a 2* And Abraham apportioned to him “a
tenth of everything.” His name first means righteous king, and
he was also “king of Salem,” that is, king of peace. 3Without
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.b 4* See how great he is to whom the patriarch “Abraham
[indeed] gave a tenth” of his spoils.c 5The 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.d 6But he who was not of their ancestry received
tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had received the
promises. 7Unquestionably, a l