Jeremiah 33:18
in Jeremiah 33nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
KJV
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
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This verse in Jeremiah 33
Commentary
9 notes on this verseWe see the fulfillment of this prophecy as well. When the new covenant was given, in keeping with the divine promise, the priesthood was also given according to the order of Melchizedek, and those to whom it was promised offer the spiritual sacrifice to God …
This site's exposition
Behold, the days are coming, declares
on Jeremiah 33:14-18
The Branch of 23:5 returns, now dated “In those days and at that time,” and paired with the priestly line. Jerusalem receives the name chapter 23 gave the king, “The LORD Our Righteousness,” so the same righteousness rests on the city and its ruler.
This site's exposition
the priests who are Levites
Clarke hears the promise made to Phinehas (Numbers 25:13). Theodoret of Cyrus finds it kept in the priests of the new covenant, who offer a spiritual sacrifice after the order of Melchizedek. Wesley reads the man before the LORD as a ministry that lasts to the end of the world.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
A man - That is, a ministry to abide in the church to the end of the world, nor is it unusual for God in the Old Testament to express promises to be fulfilled under the gospel by expressions proper to the Old Testament.
The covenant of the priesthood is called a covenant of peace ( Num. xxv. 12 ), of life and peace, Mal. ii. Now we are sure that this covenant is not broken, nor in the least weakened, while Jesus Christ is himself our life and our peace.
God speaketh once, yea, twice, for the encouragement of his people. We are not only so disobedient that we have need of precept upon precept to bring us to our duty, but so distrustful that we have need of promise upon promise to bring us to our comfort. This word, as the former, came to Jeremiah when he was in prison.
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Messiah's literal priesthood (Heb 7:17, 21, 24-28), and His followers' spiritual priesthood and sacrifices (Jer 33:11; Re 1:6), shall never cease, according to the covenant with Levi, broken by the priests, but fulfilled by Messiah (Nu 25:12, 13;
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man - This is a repetition of the promise made to Phinehas, Num 25:13.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלַכֹּהֲנִים֙ | velakohanim | and to the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַלְוִיִּ֔ם | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִכָּרֵ֥ת | yikaret | it will be cut off | H3772 → | 288 times |
| אִ֖ישׁ | ʾish | a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מִלְּפָנָ֑י | milefanai | from to before me | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מַעֲלֶ֨ה | maaleh | [who] offers up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עוֹלָ֜ה | olah | a burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| וּמַקְטִ֥יר | umaktir | and [who] makes smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| מִנְחָ֛ה | minchah | a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| וְעֹ֥שֶׂה־ | veoseh- | and [who] makes | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| זֶּ֖בַח | zevach | a sacrifice | H2077 → | 162 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיָּמִֽים׃ ס | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וְלַכֹּהֲנִים֙and to the priests
velakohanimH3548 →750 times
הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִכָּרֵ֥תit will be cut off
yikaretH3772 →288 times
אִ֖ישׁa man
ʾishH376 →1663 times
מִלְּפָנָ֑יfrom to before me
milefanaiH6440 →2123 times
מַעֲלֶ֨ה[who] offers up
maalehH5927 →890 times
עוֹלָ֜הa burnt offering
olahH5930 →287 times
וּמַקְטִ֥ירand [who] makes smoke
umaktirH6999 →116 times
מִנְחָ֛הa grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
וְעֹ֥שֶׂה־and [who] makes
veoseh-H6213 →2628 times
זֶּ֖בַחa sacrifice
zevachH2077 →162 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַיָּמִֽים׃ סthe days
haiyamimH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Revelation 1:6who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
it leads to
- Revelation 5:10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him…
- Exodus 19:6
And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
- Revelation 5:10
Through
1 Peter 2:5you 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.
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:20–22
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Ephesians 2:20–22
Through
Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
it leads to
- Ephesians 4:17–18
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
- Ephesians 4:17–18
Where this verse is studied
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 7:33.18.