Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek: Jacob had promised the tithe of all with which God ble ed him if he returned in peace to his father’s house. Bu…

All the tenth in Israel. —The reference here is to the first tithe, or tenth of the whole of the produce of the land.

And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth
in Israel for an inheritance<…

As Israel was a people not to be numbered among the nations, so Levi was a tribe to be distinguished from the rest. Those who have God for their In…