KumaHeberu 7:1-10

Ngokuba uMelkisedeki lo, inkosi yaseSalema, umpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, owahlangabeza u-Abrahama ebuya ekubulaleni amakhosi, wambusisa; U-Abrahama wamnika okweshumi kwakho konke; okokuqala ngokuthi ngokuhunyushwa iNkosi yokulunga, futhi emva kwalokho futhi inkosi yaseSalema, okungukuthi, iNkosi yokuthula; Engenayise, engenanina, engenanzalo, engenakuqala kwezinsuku, nakuphela kokuphila; kodwa enziwe wafana neNdodana kaNkulunkulu; uhlala engumphristi njalonjalo. Bhekani-ke ukuthi wayemkhulu kangakanani lowo, u-Abrahama ukhokho amnika okweshumi kwempango. Kepha labo abangamadodana kaLevi abemukeliswa ubupristi banomyalo wokuba bathathe okweshumi kubantu ngokomthetho, okungukuthi kubafowabo, noma bephuma okhalweni luka-Abrahama; Kodwa yena ongabalelwa ozalweni lwabo uthathile okwetshumi kuAbrahama, wambusisa lowo owayelezithembiso. Njalo kakuphikiswa ukuthi omncinyane ubusiswa ngomkhulu. Futhi lapha abantu abafayo bamukela okweshumi; kodwa lapho uyawemukela, ofakazelwa ngaye ukuthi uyaphila. Futhi kungathiwa noLevi owamukela okweshumi wakhipha okweshumi ngo-Abrahama; Ngoba wayesesokhalweni lukayise, mhla uMelkisedeki emhlangabeza.