Hebrews 7:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ It is indisputable that a lesser person is blessed by one who is greater. ⁸ In the one case, it is ordinary mortal men who receive tithes; in the other, the recipient is one of whom it is attested that he is alive. ⁹ One could even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, actually paid tithes through Abraham,