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Deuteronomy 33:6-8
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 33:6-8
New English Translation
Blessing on Reuben
6 “May Reuben live and not die,
and may his people multiply.”[a]
Blessing on Judah
7 And this is the blessing[b] to Judah. He said,
“Listen, O Lord, to Judah’s voice,
and bring him to his people.
May his power be great,
and may you help him against his foes.”
Blessing on Levi
8 Of Levi he said:
“Your Thummim and Urim[c] belong to your godly one,[d]
whose authority you challenged at Massah,[e]
and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.[f]
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 33:6 tn Heb “and [not] may his men be few” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV).
- Deuteronomy 33:7 tn The words “the blessing” are supplied in the translation for clarity and stylistic reasons.
- Deuteronomy 33:8 sn Thummim and Urim. These terms, whose meaning is uncertain, refer to sacred stones carried in a pouch on the breastplate of the high priest and examined on occasion as a means of ascertaining God’s will or direction. See Exod 28:30; Lev 8:8; Num 27:21; 1 Sam 28:6. See also C. Van Dam, NIDOTTE 1:329-31.
- Deuteronomy 33:8 tn Heb “godly man.” The reference is probably to Moses as representative of the whole tribe of Levi.
- Deuteronomy 33:8 sn Massah means “testing” in Hebrew; the name is a wordplay on what took place there. Cf. Exod 17:7; Deut 6:16; 9:22; Ps 95:8-9.
- Deuteronomy 33:8 sn Meribah means “contention, argument” in Hebrew; this is another wordplay on the incident that took place there. Cf. Num 20:13, 24; Ps 106:32.
Deuteronomy 33:6-8
New International Version
Deuteronomy 33:6-8
New International Version
7 And this he said about Judah:(B)
“Hear, Lord, the cry of Judah;
bring him to his people.
With his own hands he defends his cause.
Oh, be his help against his foes!”
8 About Levi(C) he said:
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 33:6 Or but let
Deuteronomy 33:6-8
King James Version
Deuteronomy 33:6-8
King James Version
6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
8 And 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;
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