And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
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Gill's Exposition
And as l may so say,.... With truth, and with great propriety and pertinence:
Levi also who receiveth tithes; or the Levites, who receive tithes according to the law of Moses from the people of…
Barnes' Notes
And here men that die receive tithes - Another point showing the inferiority of the Levitical priesthood. They who thus received tithes, though by the right to do this they asserted a superiority over…
Adam Clarke
Here men that die receive tithes - The apostle is speaking of the ecclesiastical constitution of the Jews, which was standing at the time this epistle was written. Under the Jewish dispensation,…
The foregoing chapter ended with a repetition of what had been cited once and again before out of Psa 110:4, Jesus, a high priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. Now this chapter is as a…
Cambridge Bible
And here As things now are; while the Levitic priesthood still continues.
men that die "Dying men" men who are under liability to die (comp. Heb 7:23), as in the lines
"He preached as one who ne'er…
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