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From Curse to Blessing
Commentators like Calvin and Barnes highlight that this blessing transforms the curse Jacob placed on Levi in Genesis 49. Jacob had condemned Levi to be scattered, but God turned this into an honor. Because of their subsequent faithfulness, their dispersion throughout Israel became a strategic way to teach God's law to all the people, showing how God can redeem a difficult past for His purposes.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 33:8
18th Century
Theologian
Your holy one - that is, Levi, regarded as the representative of the entire priestly and Levitical stock that descended from him. The contra…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 33:8
19th Century
Bishop
And of Levi.—Next to Joseph, this tribe has the largest share in Moses’ last words, as might naturally be expected, since it was h…
Charles Spurgeon
On Deuteronomy 33:7–9
19th Century
Preacher
Judah was the royal tribe—it had much to do with warfare. Lord give him power in prayer! This is the distinctive benediction for those who have to …
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John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 33:8
16th Century
Theologian
And of Levi he said. This qualification, or modification of the harsher sentence of Jacob, was introduced not only for the sake of the tri…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 33:8
17th Century
Pastor
And of Levi he said
That is, Moses said of the tribe of Levi, as both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem:
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 33:6–23
17th Century
Minister
The order in which the tribes are blessed here is not the same as is observed elsewhere. The blessing of Judah may refer to the whole tribe in gene…