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Deuteronomy 33:11

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Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Bless, Jehovah, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 33

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Bless, Lord, his substance - The blessing of God to the tribe of Levi was peculiarly necessary, because they had no inheritance among the children of Israel, and lived more immediately than others upon the providence of God. Yet, as they lived by the offerings of the people and the tithes, the increase of their substance necessarily implied the increase of the people at large: the more fruitful the land was, the more abundant would the tithes of the Levites be; and thus in the increased fertility of the land the substance of Levi would be blessed.

This site's exposition

They shall teach Jacob thy judgments

on Deuteronomy 33:10-11

Teaching is named before incense and burnt sacrifice, so the priest's first work in this blessing is instruction, which is how Leviticus 10:11 assigns it and how Malachi 2:7 remembers it when it says the priest's lips should keep knowledge. The tribe with no territory of its own is given an office in place of one. Verse 11 asks that the work of Levi's hands be accepted and that those who rise against him be struck down, and Numbers 16 shows the danger was a real one.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

BLESS, ETERNAL, ‘CHEILO’ — that they be a great chayil (army). And the meaning thereof is that they should increase and not decrease when they enter the Holiness, similar in meaning to the verse, Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites. 186 Numbers:18.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Deuteronomy 33:11:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
He called Benjamin the beloved of the Eternal, saying: “Benjamin, who is the beloved of G-d, will dwell in his land in safety relying on G-d and G-d will shelter him always and cause His Divine Presence to rest in his land.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Deuteronomy 33:12:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בָּרֵ֤ךְbless

    barekhH1288 →330 times

  • יְהוָה֙O Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • חֵיל֔וֹwealth his

    cheiloH2428 →246 times

  • וּפֹ֥עַלand [the] work of

    ufoalH6467 →

  • יָדָ֖יוhands his

    yadavH3027 →1618 times

  • תִּרְצֶ֑הyou will be pleased with

    tirtzehH7521 →

  • מְחַ֨ץshatter

    mechatzH4272 →

  • מָתְנַ֧יִםloins

    matenayimH4975 →

  • קָמָ֛יו[those who] rise against him

    kamavH6965 →628 times

  • וּמְשַׂנְאָ֖יוand [those who] hate him

    umesanavH8130 →146 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • יְקוּמֽוּן׃ סthey will rise !

    yekumunH6965 →628 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 24:23O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”3 worksEzekiel 20:40–41For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.3 worksEzekiel 43:27At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”3 works2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.3 worksNumbers 18:8–20Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.2 worksJeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Luke 10:10–12But if you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go into the streets and declare,2 worksMalachi 1:8–10When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.2 worksIsaiah 29:21those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.2 works1 Thessalonians 4:8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.2 worksDeuteronomy 18:1–5The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance.2 worksAmos 5:10There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.2 worksLuke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”2 worksPsalms 20:3May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah2 worksMatthew 10:14–15And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.2 worksNumbers 35:2–8“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.2 worksAmos 8:14Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”2 worksJob 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 43:27

    At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 9:1

      On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.

    • 1 Peter 2:5

      you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Through

    2 Samuel 24:23

    O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 20:40–41

      For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 15:10

    Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

    it leads to

    • Luke 6:22

      Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

    • Jeremiah 15:20

      Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver…

    • Psalms 120:5–6

      Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

    • Job 3:1–26

      After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

    • Jeremiah 1:18–19

      Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of…

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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