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This figure rescues the “Sons of Light” from the power of Belial in Dead Sea Scroll 11Q13, which is alternatively named for him. The first invocation of the rare divine name “El Elyon” is in a blessing spoken by this figure. In a psalm, a declaration naming this figure follows the phrase, “the LORD has sworn an oath he will not change.” This figure, whose name means “king of righteousness,” appears “without father or mother or genealogy” to a man who gives him “a (*) tenth (10[1])of everything”; that sole appearance of this figure is to a patriarch shortly after the rescue of (10[1])Lot. (10[1])The reference in Psalm 110 to the “order of [this figure]” is cited in the letter to the Hebrews to explain how Jesus can be a high priest even though he is not a Levite. For 10 points, name this “priest of God Most High” who brings out bread and wine and blesses Abraham in the Book of Genesis. ■END■

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