Hebrews 7:8

8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them , of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

Ver. 8. That he liveth ] Tithes then are due to the ministers of Christ that liveth, because due to Melchisedec, to whom Abraham paid them as a priest and tithe-taker, and type of Christ. Who therefore should receive them for him, but those that are in his stead? 2 Corinthians 5:20 .