20And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
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And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. …
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-20)This paragraph begins with the mention of the respect which the king of Sodom paid to Abram at his return from the slaughter of the kings; but, before a particular account is given of this, the story of Melchizedek is briefly related, concerning whom observe, I. Who he was. He was king of Salem and priest of the most high God ; and other glorious things are said of him, Heb. 7:1-10 1. The rabbin,…
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