Deuteronomy 33:8
Blessing on Levi
8 Of Levi he said:Your Thummim and Urim ▼
▼ 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.
belong to your godly one, ▼▼ Heb “godly man.” The reference is probably to Moses as representative of the whole tribe of Levi.
whose authority you challenged at Massah, ▼
and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah. ▼
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