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The Book of Hebrews, Chapter 6, Verse 14

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Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
King James Version
And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
American Standard Version
And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
New English Translation
For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.
World English Bible
saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."
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For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.
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Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath:
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That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
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Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
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For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
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To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
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Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
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Now consider how great this man [was], unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
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And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: