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Deuteronomy 33:11 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 33 · verse 11
Bless, 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.Deuteronomy 33:11 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 33:11 in context
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.
13And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- substancechayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
- acceptrâtsâhto be pleased withH7521 →
- Blessbârakto kneelH1288 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
- smitemâchatsto dash asunderH4272 →
- loinsmôthenproperly, the waist or small of the backH4975 →
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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