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Melchizedek brought bread and wine
Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High, brought bread and wine and blessed Abram; Hebrews reflects on him at length. Genesis 14:18–20Hebrews 7:1–3
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"Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. He blessed him." Abram gave him a tenth of everything. Genesis 14:18–20
Psalm 110 speaks of "a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek", and Hebrews applies this to Jesus. Psalm 110:4Hebrews 7:1–3Hebrews 7:15–17
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Genesis 14:18–20 WEB
18Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High. 19He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth. 20Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.
Hebrews 7:1–3 WEB
1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, “king of righteousness”, and then also “king of Salem”, which means “king of peace”, 3without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.