For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.
All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you,
Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’