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17 As Abram returned from his strike against Chedorlaomer and the other kings at the valley of Shaveh (later called King’s Valley), the king of Sodom came out to meet him, 18 and Melchizedek, the king of Salem (Jerusalem), who was a priest of the God of Highest Heaven, brought him bread and wine. 19-20 Then Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:
“The blessing of the supreme God, Creator of heaven and earth, be upon you, Abram; and blessed be God, who has delivered your enemies over to you.”
Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the loot.
After Abram defeated the kings who had captured his nephew, he returned him, along with the other people he had freed, to the valley near Sodom. The king of Salem, Melchizedek, met them as did the king of Sodom. Melchizedek was also a priest, which is the first time in the Bible a priest of God is mentioned. The king of Sodom gave Abram all of the possessions that had been taken when the kings were defeated, but Abram refused it–except he gave a tenth of it to Melchizedek. This is the first example we have of someone giving a tenth of their earnings to God through a priest. It wasn’t to buy a blessing–the priest had already prayed over him and asked for God’s blessing on Abram. It was to honor God. That is why we give to God today–to honor Him and show that we love Him.
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