V. 9.— And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. And indeed Levi may be said to have paid tithes in Abraham, the progenitor of the whole family of Israel.V. 10. For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? We have already noticed that the word perfect occurs very frequently in this Epistle, it means the fulfilment, or completion, of an object. Here our Apostle argues the weakness and insufficiency of the Levitical priesthood, from the Scripture foretelling that another priest should arise after the order of Melchisedec and not after the order of Aaron.