Deuteronomy 33:8

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

And of

לֵוִי

Lêvîy

H3878

Levi, a son of Jacob

72 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
he

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

3999 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

1511 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
thy

תֻּמִּים

Tummîym

H8550

perfections, i.e. (techn.) one of the epithets of the objects in the high-priest's breastplate as an emblem of complete Truth

5 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
and thy

אוּרִים

ʼÛwrîym

H224

Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate

7 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
be with thy

קֹדֶשׁ

qôdesh

H6944

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

611 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

1969 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
whom thou didst

נָסָה

nâçâh

H5254

to test; by implication, to attempt

25 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
at

מַסָּה

Maççâh

H4532

Massah, a place in the Desert

4 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
and with whom thou didst

רִיב

rîyb

H7378

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

22 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
at the

מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

287 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →
of

מְרִיבָה

Mᵉrîybâh

H4809

Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert

6 occurrences View all →
Full Strong's Entry →

Key Terms in This Verse

Massah H4532

מַסָּה Maççâh

Massah, a place in the Desert

Study H4532 →
Thummim H8550

תֻּמִּים Tummîym

perfections, i.e. (techn.) one of the epithets of the objects in the high-priest's breastplate as an emblem of complete Truth

Study H8550 →
Meribah H4809

מְרִיבָה Mᵉrîybâh

Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert

Study H4809 →
Urim H224

אוּרִים ʼÛwrîym

Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate

Study H224 →
strive H7378

רִיב rîyb

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

Study H7378 →
prove H5254

נָסָה nâçâh

to test; by implication, to attempt

Study H5254 →
Levi H3878

לֵוִי Lêvîy

Levi, a son of Jacob

Study H3878 →
waters H4325

מַיִם mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

Study H4325 →
holy H6944

קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

Study H6944 →
Let H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

Study H7604 →

Cross References

Exodus 17:7 cross-reference

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Exodus 28:30 cross-reference

And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of...

Numbers 20:13 cross-reference

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

Leviticus 8:8 cross-reference

And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.

Psalm 106:16 cross-reference

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

Nehemiah 7:65 cross-reference

And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

Exodus 28:36 cross-reference

And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

1 Samuel 28:6 cross-reference

And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Deuteronomy 8:16 cross-reference

Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

2 Chronicles 23:6 cross-reference

But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

Hebrews 7:26 cross-reference

For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Numbers 27:21 cross-reference

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and ...

Revelation 3:7 cross-reference

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man...

Psalm 16:10 cross-reference

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Ezra 2:63 cross-reference

And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

Leviticus 21:7 cross-reference

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

Numbers 16:5 cross-reference

And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he...

Psalm 81:7 cross-reference

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Ezra 8:28 cross-reference

And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.

Related Passages

Welcome to LOGOS Study

Your complete Bible study toolkit