Deuteronomy 33:8-11
Moses blesses Levi as the tribe entrusted with the Lord's sacred instruments, covenant guarding, Torah teaching, incense, offerings, and priestly service, asking God to bless their work and defeat their enemies.
8 About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
9 He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
10 They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.
11 Yahweh, bless his skills. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again.”
Moses blesses Levi as the tribe entrusted with the LORD's sacred instruments, covenant guarding, Torah teaching, incense, offerings, and priestly service, asking God to bless their work and defeat their enemies.
To record Moses' blessing over Levi by identifying the tribe with tested covenant loyalty, priestly discernment, Torah instruction, sacrificial service, and the need for the LORD to bless and defend its holy ministry.
Moses' final blessing over Israel before his death, delivered east of the Jordan as the tribes stand at the threshold of land life without Moses' ongoing leadership.
Moses Blesses the Tribes Under the LORD's Eternal Refuge
Israel's future hope does not rest in Moses' continued presence or tribal strength but in the LORD who loves, instructs, reigns, blesses, shelters, and saves His covenant people.