Deuteronomio 33:8

Filipino Cebuano Bible

8 Ug mahitungod kang Levi miingon siya; Ang imong Thummim ug ang imong Urim uban sa imong balaanon. Nga imong gisulayan didto sa Massa, Nga imong gipakig-away didto sa mga tubig sa Meriba:

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Let thy: Exodus 28:30, Exodus 28:36, Leviticus 8:8, Numbers 27:21, 1 Samuel 28:6, Ezra 2:63, Nehemiah 7:65

with thy: Leviticus 21:7, Numbers 16:5, 2 Chronicles 23:6, Ezra 8:28, Psalms 16:10, Psalms 106:16, Hebrews 7:26, Revelation 3:7

prove at: Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:3, Deuteronomy 8:16, Exodus 17:7, Numbers 20:13, Psalms 81:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 29:34 - was Genesis 46:11 - Levi Exodus 32:27 - slay every man Numbers 3:6 - General Numbers 35:8 - possession Joshua 21:3 - unto the Levites Judges 3:4 - to prove Jeremiah 31:14 - satiate Ezekiel 44:16 - keep Ezekiel 47:19 - strife Malachi 2:5 - covenant Matthew 21:33 - husbandmen John 6:6 - prove

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And of Levi he said,.... That is, Moses said of the tribe of Levi, as both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem:

[let] thy Thummim and thy Urim [be] with thy Holy One; with Aaron, as the same Targums interpret it, who was of the tribe of Levi, and was a holy good man, a saint of the Lord, as he is called, Psalms 106:16; of the Urim and Thummim, which were with him and with every high priest,

Psalms 106:16- :; and though they were not in use under the second temple, yet had their fulfilment in Christ the antitype of Aaron, who may be chiefly here intended; who is after called the Lord's Holy One, as he is, both as God and man, holy in both his natures, divine and human, and in his life and actions; and with him are the true Urim and Thummim, lights and perfections, the light of nature, grace and glory, and all perfections, both divine and human;

Psalms 106:16- : i:

whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; which, as it may respect Aaron, may be understood either of the Lord's proving him and contending with him, by suffering the children of Israel to murmur against him and Moses, at the said places; when, according to the three Targums, he stood in the temptation, and was perfect and found faithful; or of Levi, who, with the rest of the tribes, tried him, and strove with him at the same places; though Jarchi says they did not murmur with the rest that murmured: as it may refer to Christ the antitype of Levi, the sense is, that the Urim and Thummim should be with the Holy One, the Messiah, whom thou, O Levi, with the rest of the tribes, tempted and strove with at the places mentioned; for it is expressly said, they tempted the Lord, Exodus 17:7; and which is interpreted of Christ, 1 Corinthians 10:9.

i See a Sermon of mine on this text, called "Levi's Urim and Thummim Found with Christ".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 offices; and to the zeal and constancy which conspicuous persons of the tribe (e. g. Phinehas, Numbers 25:11 ff), and the whole tribe itself (compare Exodus 32:26), manifested on critical occasions in supporting the leaders of the people. The same reasons led to Levi’s being selected for the special service of God in the sanctuary (Deuteronomy 10:8 ff, and Numbers 8:5 ff); and for the office of instructing their brethren in the knowledge of the Law. The events at Massah and Meribah, the one occurring at the beginning, the other toward the end, of the forty years’ wandering, serve to represent the whole series of trials by which God proved and exercised the faith and obedience of this chosen tribe.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 33:8. Of Levi he said — Concerning the Urim and Thummim, Exodus 28:30; Exodus 28:30.

Thy holy one — Aaron primarily, who was anointed the high priest of God, and whose office was the most holy that man could be invested with. Therefore Aaron was called God's holy one, and the more especially so as he was the type of the MOST HOLY and blessed Jesus, from whom the Urim - all light and wisdom, and Thummim - all excellence, completion, and perfection, are derived.

Whom thou didst prove, c. — God contended with Aaron as well as with Moses at the waters of Meribah, and excluded him from the promised land because he did not sanctify the Lord before the people.

From the words of St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 10:8-12, it is evident that these words, at least in a secondary sense, belong to Christ. He is the Holy One who was tempted by them at Massah, who suffered their manners in the wilderness, who slew 23,000 of the most incorrigible transgressors, and who brought them into the promised land by his deputy, Joshua, whose name and that of Jesus have the same signification.