Deuteronomy 33:8 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Deuteronomy 33:8

6 “Let ^aReuben live, and not die,
Nor let his men be few.”

7 And this he said of ^aJudah:
“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,
And bring him to his people;
^bLet his hands be sufficient for him,
And may You be ^ca help against his enemies.”

8 And of ^aLevi he said:
^b“Let Your¹ Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one,
^cWhom You tested at Massah,
And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

9 ^aWho says of his father and mother,
‘I have not ^bseen them’;
^cNor did he acknowledge his brothers,
Or know his own children;
For ^dthey have observed Your word
And kept Your covenant.

10 ^aThey shall teach Jacob Your judgments,
And Israel Your law.
They shall put incense before You,
^bAnd a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.

11 Bless his substance, Lord,
And ^aaccept the work of his hands;
Strike the loins of those who rise against him,
And of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

12 Of Benjamin he said:
“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,
Who shelters him all the day long;
And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”

13 And of Joseph he said:
^a“Blessed of the Lord is his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with the ^bdew,
And the deep lying beneath,

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of Levi he said—The burden of this blessing is the appointment of the Levites to the dignified and sacred office of the priesthood (Leviticus 10:11; Deuteronomy 22:8; Deuteronomy 17:8-11), a reward for their zeal in supporting the cause of God, and their unsparing severity in chastising even their nearest and dearest relatives who had participated in the idolatry of the molten calf (Exodus 32:25-28; compare Malachi 2:4-6).

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