¹⁸ When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Hosts.

⁵⁵ He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

¹ For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

² to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace;

³ without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.

⁴ Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils.

⁵ They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham,

⁶ but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has taken tithes of Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

⁷ But without any dispute the less is blessed by the better.

²⁶ God, having raised up his servant, Jesus, sent him to you first, to bless you, in turning away everyone of you from your wickedness."

²⁷ Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.

¹⁸ For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Yahweh pardon everyone

¹⁹ who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, though not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.

³ The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

² When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.

¹⁴ The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

²² Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.

²³ Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people.

⁴³ Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

¹⁹ He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth: