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New Living Translation

Deuteronomy 33:10

They teach your regulations to Jacob; they give your instructions to Israel. They present incense before you and offer whole burnt offerings on the altar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Death;   Incense;   Intercession;   Law;   Levites;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Incense;   Law of Moses, the;   Levites, the;   Priests;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy;   Levi;   Priest;   Simeon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Education;   Levi;   Levite;   Priest;   Scribes;   Teacher;   Wisdom literature;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Curse, Accursed;   Levite;   Priest, Christ as;   Teach, Teacher;   Urim and Thummim;   Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hilkiah;   Levi;   Priest;   Sabbath;   Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Prayer;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Targums;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Levi ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Catechist;   Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Deuteronomy;   Palestine;   Priests and Levites;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Authority, Rabbinical;   Education;   Levi;   Levi ;   Priest;   Revelation;   Simḥat Torah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They will teach your ordinances to Jacoband your instruction to Israel;they will set incense before youand whole burnt offerings on your altar.
Hebrew Names Version
They shall teach Ya`akov your ordinances, Yisra'el your law: They shall put incense before you, Whole burnt offering on your altar.
King James Version
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
Lexham English Bible
They taught your regulations to Jacob, and your law to Israel; they placed incense smoke before you, and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
English Standard Version
They shall teach Jacob your rules and Israel your law; they shall put incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
New Century Version
He teaches your laws to the people of Jacob and your teachings to the people of Israel. He burns incense before you and makes whole burnt offerings on your altar.
New English Translation
They will teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar.
Amplified Bible
"The priests shall teach Your ordinances (judgments) to Jacob, And Your law to Israel. They shall put incense before You, And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
New American Standard Bible
"They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob, And Your Law to Israel. They shall put incense before You, And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They shall teach Iaakob thy iudgements, & Israel thy Lawe: they shall put incense before thy face, and the burnt offring vpon thine altar.
Legacy Standard Bible
They shall teach Your judgments to Jacob,And Your law to Israel.They shall put incense before You,And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
Contemporary English Version
You teach God's laws to Israel, and at the place of worship you offer sacrifices and burn incense.
Complete Jewish Bible
They will teach Ya‘akov your rulings, Isra'el your Torah. They will set incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
Darby Translation
They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thy nostrils, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.
Easy-to-Read Version
They will teach your rules to Jacob and your Law to Israel. They will burn incense before you. They will offer burnt offerings on your altar.
George Lamsa Translation
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law; they shall put incense before thee when thou art angry, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thy altar.
Good News Translation
They will teach your people to obey your Law; They will offer sacrifices on your altar.
Literal Translation
They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob, and Your Law to Israel. They shall put incense at Your nostrils, and whole burnt offering on Your altar.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
they shal teach Iacob thy iudgmentes, and Israel thy lawe: they shal laie incense before thy nose, & burntofferinges vpon thine altare.
American Standard Version
They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thee, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.
Bible in Basic English
They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes, and Israel thy lawe: They shall put incense before thy nose, and the burnt sacrifice vpon thine aulter.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, and Israel Thy law; they shall put incense before Thee, and whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar.
King James Version (1611)
They shal teach Iacob thy iudgments, and Israel thy Lawe: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice vpon thine Altar.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They shall declare thine ordinances to Jacob, and thy law to Israel: they shall place incense in the time of thy wrath continually upon thine altar.
English Revised Version
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thee, And whole burnt offering upon thine altar.
Berean Standard Bible
He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jacob, thei kepten thi domes, and `thou, Israel, thei kepten thi lawe; thei schulen putte encense in thi strong veniaunce, and brent sacrifice on thin auter.
Young's Literal Translation
They teach Thy judgments to Jacob, And Thy law to Israel; They put perfume in Thy nose, And whole burnt-offering on Thine altar.
Update Bible Version
They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, And Israel your law: They shall put incense before you, And whole burnt-offering on your altar.
Webster's Bible Translation
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law; they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thy altar.
World English Bible
They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, Israel your law: They shall put incense before you, Whole burnt offering on your altar.
New King James Version
They shall teach Jacob Your judgments, And Israel Your law. They shall put incense before You, And a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.
New Life Bible
They will teach Your Laws to Jacob. They will teach Your Laws to Israel. They will put special perfume before You, and whole burnt gifts on Your altar.
New Revised Standard
They teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law; they place incense before you, and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
May teach thy regulations unto Jacob, And thy law unto Israel, - May put incense in thy nostrils, And a whole-offering upon thine altar.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel: they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar.
Revised Standard Version
They shall teach Jacob thy ordinances, and Israel thy law; they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt offering upon thy altar.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob, And Your law to Israel. They shall put incense before You, And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

Contextual Overview

8 Moses said this about the tribe of Levi: "O Lord , you have given your Thummim and Urim—the sacred lots— to your faithful servants the Levites. You put them to the test at Massah and struggled with them at the waters of Meribah. 9 The Levites obeyed your word and guarded your covenant. They were more loyal to you than to their own parents. They ignored their relatives and did not acknowledge their own children. 10 They teach your regulations to Jacob; they give your instructions to Israel. They present incense before you and offer whole burnt offerings on the altar. 11 Bless the ministry of the Levites, O Lord , and accept all the work of their hands. Hit their enemies where it hurts the most; strike down their foes so they never rise again."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

They shall teach: or, Let them teach, etc. Deuteronomy 17:9-11, Deuteronomy 24:8, Leviticus 10:11, 2 Chronicles 17:8-10, 2 Chronicles 30:22, Nehemiah 8:1-9, Nehemiah 8:13-15, Nehemiah 8:18, Ezekiel 44:23, Ezekiel 44:24, Hosea 4:6, Malachi 2:6-8, Matthew 23:2, Matthew 23:3, John 21:15, John 21:16

they shall put incense: or, let them put incense, Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Numbers 16:40, Numbers 16:46, 1 Samuel 2:28, 2 Chronicles 26:18, Luke 1:9, Luke 1:10, Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 9:24, Revelation 8:3-5

before thee: Heb. at thy nose

whole: Leviticus 1:9, Leviticus 1:13, Leviticus 1:17, Leviticus 9:12, Leviticus 9:13, Psalms 51:19, Ezekiel 43:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:29 - Moses Numbers 16:47 - and he put Deuteronomy 27:14 - General Joshua 21:41 - within 2 Chronicles 15:3 - a teaching 2 Chronicles 17:7 - to teach 2 Chronicles 35:3 - the Levites Ezra 7:10 - and to teach Nehemiah 8:7 - caused Jeremiah 2:8 - and they that Haggai 2:11 - General Zechariah 7:3 - speak Matthew 4:22 - General Matthew 8:21 - suffer Mark 12:14 - carest Romans 12:7 - or he

Cross-References

Genesis 19:19
"You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.
Genesis 32:30
Jacob named the place Peniel (which means "face of God"), for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared."
Genesis 33:12
"Well," Esau said, "let's be going. I will lead the way."
Genesis 33:13
But Jacob replied, "You can see, my lord, that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, even for one day, all the animals could die.
Genesis 43:3
But Judah said, "The man was serious when he warned us, ‘You won't see my face again unless your brother is with you.'
Genesis 47:29
As the time of his death drew near, Jacob called for his son Joseph and said to him, "Please do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will treat me with unfailing love by honoring this last request: Do not bury me in Egypt.
Genesis 50:4
When the period of mourning was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh's advisers and said, "Please do me this favor and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf.
Ruth 2:10
Ruth fell at his feet and thanked him warmly. "What have I done to deserve such kindness?" she asked. "I am only a foreigner."
1 Samuel 20:3
Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, "Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won't tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?' But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the Lord and by your own soul!"
2 Samuel 3:13
"All right," David replied, "but I will not negotiate with you unless you bring back my wife Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They shall teach Jacob thy statutes, and Israel thy law,.... The priests and Levites, being dispersed among each of the tribes, having cities in them allotted to them, taught the people the laws, statutes, and ordinances of the Lord, moral, civil, and ceremonial, see Malachi 2:6;

they shall put incense before thee; upon the altar of incense, which none but a priest might do, as the case of Uzziah shows; and which, the Jews say k, he might do but once: the same priest might not offer incense twice; a new priest was always employed: in this they, were typical of Christ, the only Intercessor who is always at the golden altar, to offer up the prayers of all saints with his much incense, Revelation 8:3;

and whole burnt offerings upon thine altar; the altar of burnt offering, typical of Christ, who is both altar, sacrifice, and priest.

k T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 26. 1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 33:10. They shall teach Jacob, c. — This was the office of the Levites, to teach, by their significant service and typical ceremonies, the way of righteousness and truth to the children of Israel. And of their faithfulness in this respect God bears testimony by the prophet, "My covenant was with him of life and peace," Malachi 2:5 and, "The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity;" Malachi 2:6. These words are a sufficient comment on the words of the text.


 
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