One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, — the argument uses the principle of representation: since Abraham was already in the loins of his ancestor Levi when he paid the tithe to Melchizedek, Levi himself virtually paid the tithe. This genealogical logic establishes that the Levitical priesthood was subordinate to Melchizedek even before it existed.

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