וּבָרוּךְ֙ אֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר־מִגֵּ֥ן צָרֶ֖יךָ בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וַיִּתֶּן־ל֥וֹ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר מִכֹּֽל׃
너희 대적을 네 손에 붙이신 지극히 높으신 하나님을 찬송할지로다 하매 아브람이 그 얻은 것에서 십분 일을 멜기세덱에게 주었더라
On Mating with the Preliminary Studies
[93] health for sickness, and life we may truly say for death, being declared the winner of the trophies by God the victory-giver, to whom too he dedicated the tenths as thank-offerings for his victory (Gen. 14:20).
On Mating with the Preliminary Studies
[99] It was this feeling which prompted the Man of Practice when he vowed thus, “Of all that thou givest me, I will give a tenth to thee” (Gen. 28:22); which prompted the oracle that follows the blessing given to the victor by Melchisedek the holder of that priesthood, whose tradition he had learned from none other but himself. For “he gave him,” it runs, “a tenth from all” (Gen. 14:20); from the things of sense, right use of sense; from the things of speech, good speaking; from the things of thought, good thinking.