Deuteronomy 33:8 About Levi he said: "Your Thummim and Urim belongto your faithful servant.
(The Lord continues His pronouncements over each Israelite tribe with Levi being the tribe of which both Moses and Aaron were a part and to whom the Lord gave the responsibilities of the priesthood.
Here and in the next several verses, through Moses' farewell blessing, the Lord speaks into the life of the Levites. He first makes reference to His Word that He has entrusted to Levi, the Thummim meaning truth, righteousness, and perfection and Urim meaning brilliance, light, and revelation,
both of which the High Priest carried in the chest ephod that he wore as part of his priestly garments.
God still speaks His perfect revelation through His servants,
among whom, along with Moses and Aaron, we are, also, today.
Through the Holy Spirit now residing in us today,
we have intimate access to God's Presence and His Truth.)
You tested him at Massah;you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.
(In the Israelites' earlier departure from Egypt in their beginning journey through the wilderness when they needed water, they tested the Lord, both in His patience and His ability to provide for them. They quarreled with Moses, complaining they were thirsty and that they had been deserted by the Lord. When we, too, doubt the Lord's ability to provide for us, we are quarreling with the very truth of His being. We are to proclaim the bright truth of God's revelation of righteousness. Though we may doubt the Lord's provision at times in our places of Massah and Meribah, He calls us to trust in His provision and to rest in His Word, in the brilliant light of His revealed truth to us.)
