希伯來書7:4-10

7:4 你們想一想，先祖亞伯拉罕將自己所擄來上等之物取十分之一給他，這人是何等尊貴呢！
7:5 那得祭司職任的利未子孫，領命照例向百姓取十分之一，這百姓是自己的弟兄，雖是從亞伯拉罕身（原文是腰）中生的，還是照例取十分之一。
7:6 獨有麥基洗德，不與他們同譜，倒收納亞伯拉罕的十分之一，為那蒙應許的亞伯拉罕祝福。
7:7 從來位分大的給位分小的祝福，這是駁不倒的理。
7:8 在這裡收十分之一的都是必死的人；但在那裡收十分之一的，有為他作見證的說，他是活的；
7:9 並且可說那受十分之一的利未，也是藉著亞伯拉罕納了十分之一。
7:10 因為麥基洗德迎接亞伯拉罕的時候，利未已經在他先祖的身（原文是腰）中。

⁴ Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! ⁵ Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham. ⁶ This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. ⁷ And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater. ⁸ In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living. ⁹ One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, ¹⁰ because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.

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    希伯來書這裡要表達的是「麥基洗德」是勝過律法所設的祭司，就是利未人。因為利未人也是出於亞伯拉罕，亞伯拉罕為打勝仗到麥基洗德那裏獻祭，並且為亞伯拉罕祝福。。

    他既為亞伯拉罕祝福，地位就比亞伯拉罕高，也就比利未人高。這也就是說，麥基洗德的祭司地位比利未人高。而我們也是從基督領受麥基洗德地位的祭司職分，所以我們比律法等級的祭司高。

    因此，我們屬基督的人，是因著耶穌基督，得著尊貴與榮耀，成為有君尊的祭司，置身於聖潔的國度，出黑暗入奇妙光明國度，勝過以色列人！所以，我們無須用猶太律例與曆法來限制自己，反倒要用自由釋放的心來迎接上帝國完全的實現，那是我們得榮耀的時刻！