V. 8.— And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. Under the Jewish economy men that die receive tithes, but in the account of Abraham's intercourse with Melchisedec he received tithes, of whose death we have no account, it is only testified that he lived. [He received them; this is a supplement, and should be in the imperfect tense, as likewise lived instead of liveth. The Scripture testifies of Melchisedec, as living and exercising his priesthood. It gives no hint of his death.] Of all the Jewish priests we read that they died and were succeeded by others, but we find Melchisedec engaged in the discharge of the duties of his office, and there we leave him.