Deuteronomy 33:7-8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 33:8

Thy holy one - i. e., Levi, regarded as the representative of the whole priestly and Levitical stock which sprang from him. The contrast between the tone of this passage and that of Genesis 49:5-7 is remarkable. Though the prediction of Jacob respecting the dispersion of this tribe held good, yet it was so overruled as to issue in honor and reward. The recovery of God’s favor is to be traced to the faithfulness with which Moses and Aaron, who came of this tribe, served God in their high... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 33:7

Deuteronomy 33:7. And this is the blessing of Judah As these words are used of none of the rest, so they seem to denote that Judah’s blessing was more remarkable than the rest. Judah is here put before Levi, because it was to be the royal tribe. This benediction, as Bishop Sherlock argues, cannot relate to the time when it was given: for then Judah’s hands were very sufficient for him, this tribe being by much the greatest of the twelve tribes, as appears by two different accounts of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 33:8

Deuteronomy 33:8. Of Levi he said Said to God in prayer. Let thy Thummim, &c. That is, the Thummim and Urim which are thine, O Lord, by special institution and consecration, (understanding thereby the ephod, in which they were put, the high-priesthood to which they were appropriated, and withal the gifts and graces signified by them, and necessary for the discharge of that high office,) be with thy holy one That is, with that priest whom thou hast consecrated to thyself, and who is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:1-29

The blessing of Moses (32:48-33:29)As God had announced earlier, the time for Moses to die had come (48-52; see Numbers 27:12-14). The prophetic blessings that he gave Israel before he died foresaw the favours that God would give the various tribes. But first Moses recalled the giving of the law at Sinai. God appeared in flaming majesty, bursting forth in glory brighter than the rising sun. Accompanying him were multitudes of heavenly servants who carry out God’s purposes in the lives of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 33:7

Judah. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6 , including Simeon; for their inheritance and blessing were one. Joshua 19:1 .Judges 1:3 . be = become. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 33:8

Thummim . . . TJrim. See note on Exodus 28:30 . Numbers 26:55 . Thy holy one = Thy man (' i s h , App-14 .) of loving-kindness, or gracious One = the High Priest who was of the tribe of Levi. See note on Exodus 3:5 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 33:7

BLESSING OF JUDAH (Deuteronomy 33:7)"And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said,Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah,And bring him in unto his people.With his hands he contended for himself;And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries."As might have been expected, these blessings follow, generally, the same pattern as that of the blessings which Jacob pronounced upon the Twelve shortly before his death, but there were some significant differences. Here, in the case of Judah, the blessing... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 33:8

BLESSING OF LEVI (Deuteronomy 33:8-11)"And of Levi, he said,Thy Thummin and thy Urim are with thy godly one,Whom thou didst prove at Massah,With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;Who said of his father, and his mother, I have not seen him;Neither did he acknowledge his brethren,Nor knew he his own children;For they have observed thy word,And keep thy covenant.They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances,And Israel thy law;They shall put incense before thee,And whole burnt-offerings... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 33:7

Ver. 7. And this is the blessing of Judah— This is more properly rendered by Houbigant and Durell, and this he said of Judah; the word blessing not being in the original, or in any other version than ours and the Vulgate. Durell renders the rest of the verse thus: Hear Lord, the voice of Judah, And make him go before his people: Let his hand contend for him, And be thou an help against his enemies. And, I. He observes upon it in general, that Jacob had promised Judah, that the sceptre would be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 33:8-11

Ver. 8-11. And of Levi he said— Moses, having finished that part of his prayer which related to Judah, enters rapidly on a new subject, and offers his petitions in behalf of his own tribe. He begins by entreating the Almighty that the sacerdotal office might continue in this tribe, in which he had been pleased to appoint it, notwithstanding that they, together with the rest of Israel, had twice very remarkably displeased him through their disobedience and want of faith. But, as they had... read more

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