Deuteronomy 18:7
in Deuteronomy 18then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then he shall minister in the name of Jehovah his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, who stand there before Jehovah.
KJV
Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 18
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
At the same time, while every facility was afforded for the admission of such a zealous and self-denying officer, this admission was to be in an orderly manner: he was to minister "as all his brethren"--that is, a Gershonite with Gershonites; a Merarite with Merarites; so that there might be no derangement of the established courses.
This site's exposition
Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel
on Deuteronomy 18:6-8
A Levite from his own town may come “in all earnestness” and serve beside the men on duty, eating equal portions with them. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown add that the admission was orderly, a Gershonite serving among Gershonites, so the established courses stood.
This site's exposition
he shall serve in the name
Albert Barnes explains that only part of the Levites served at the place the LORD would choose at any one time. The rest lived in their own towns, and a Levite who moved out of love for that service would minister with his fellow Levites.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God,....
One would not think there had been so much need as it seems there was to arm the people of Israel against the infection of the idolatrous customs of the Canaanites. Was it possible that a people so blessed with divine institutions should ever admit the brutish and barbarous inventions of men and devils?
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשֵׁרֵ֕ת | vesheret | and he will serve | H8334 → | 97 times |
| בְּשֵׁ֖ם | beshem | in [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהָ֑יו | ʾelohav | God his | H430 → | 2601 times |
| כְּכָל־ | kekhol- | like all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֶחָיו֙ | ʾechav | relatives his | H251 → | 630 times |
| הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| הָעֹמְדִ֥ים | haomedim | who stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| שָׁ֖ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְשֵׁרֵ֕תand he will serve
vesheretH8334 →97 times
בְּשֵׁ֖םin [the] name of
beshemH8034 →864 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהָ֑יוGod his
ʾelohavH430 →2601 times
כְּכָל־like all
kekhol-H3605 →5413 times
אֶחָיו֙relatives his
ʾechavH251 →630 times
הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
הָעֹמְדִ֥יםwho stand
haomedimH5975 →521 times
שָׁ֖םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.