Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 33:8

⁸Concerning Levi he said:

“Give Your Thummim to Levi

and Your Urim to Your godly one,^f

whom You tested at Massah^g

and contested at the waters of Meribah.^h

Footnotes

f 33:8 DSS and LXX; MT does not include to Levi; literally Let Your Perfections and Your Lights be to Your godly one.
g 33:8 Massah means testing; see Exodus 17:7|EXO 17:7.
h 33:8 Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7|EXO 17:7.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Concerning Levi	וּלְלֵוִ֣י	ū·lə·lê·wî	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3878 Levi
he said	אָמַ֔ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Your Thummim	תֻּמֶּ֥יךָ	tum·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H8550 perfections
and Your Urim	וְאוּרֶ֖יךָ	wə·’ū·re·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H224 Urim
to Your godly	חֲסִידֶ֑ךָ	ḥă·sî·ḏe·ḵā	Adjective - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2623 kind, pious
one	לְאִ֣ישׁ	lə·’îš	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
whom	אֲשֶׁ֤ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
You tested	נִסִּיתוֹ֙	nis·sî·ṯōw	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5254 test, try
at Massah	בְּמַסָּ֔ה	bə·mas·sāh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4532 Massah
and contested	תְּרִיבֵ֖הוּ	tə·rî·ḇê·hū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H7378 strive, contend
at	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the waters	מֵ֥י	mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4325 water, juice, urine
of Meribah	מְרִיבָֽה׃	mə·rî·ḇāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4809 Meribah

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Exodus 17:7 · Exodus 28:30 · Numbers 20:13 · Psalm 106:16 · Leviticus 8:8 · Hebrews 7:26 · Ezra 2:63 · 1 Samuel 28:6 · 2 Chronicles 23:6 · Numbers 27:21 · Psalm 16:10 · Nehemiah 7:65

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.