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Deuteronomy 33:10 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 33 · verse 10
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.Deuteronomy 33:10 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 33:10 in context
8And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
9Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
10They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
11Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
12And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentsmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- sacrificekâlîylcompleteH3632 →
- incenseqᵉṭôwrâhperfumeH6988 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- beforeʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
- teachyârâhproperly, to flow as waterH3384 →
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In blessing the tribe of Levi, Moses expresses himself more at large, not so much because it was his own tribe (for he takes no notice of his relation to it) as because it was God's tribe. The blessing of Levi has reference. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-11