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Deuteronomy 33:8

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¶ 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;
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  1. Exodus 17:7Rank 1 from verse 8
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    7And 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?

  2. Exodus 28:30Rank 2 from verse 8
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    30¶ 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 Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually.

  3. Numbers 20:13Rank 3 from verse 8
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    13This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them.

  4. Leviticus 8:8Rank 4 from verse 8
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    8And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.

  5. Psalms 106:16Rank 5 from verse 8
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    16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.

  6. 1 Samuel 28:6Rank 6 from verse 8
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    6And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

  7. 2 Chronicles 23:6Rank 7 from verse 8
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    6But 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.

  8. Deuteronomy 8:16Rank 8 from verse 8
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    16Who 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;

  9. Deuteronomy 8:2–3Rank 9 from verse 8
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    2And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

    3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

  10. Exodus 28:36Rank 10 from verse 8
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    36¶ And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

  11. Ezra 2:63Rank 11 from verse 8
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    63And 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.

  12. Ezra 8:28Rank 12 from verse 8
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    28And 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.

  13. Hebrews 7:26Rank 13 from verse 8
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    26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

  14. Leviticus 21:7Rank 14 from verse 8
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    7They 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.

  15. Nehemiah 7:65Rank 15 from verse 8
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    65And 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.

  16. Numbers 16:5Rank 16 from verse 8
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    5And 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 cause to come near unto him.

  17. Numbers 27:21Rank 17 from verse 8
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    21And 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 all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

  18. Psalms 16:10Rank 18 from verse 8
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    10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

  19. Psalms 81:7Rank 19 from verse 8
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    7Thou 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.

  20. Revelation 3:7Rank 20 from verse 8
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    7And 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 openeth;

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Deuteronomy 33:8

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Levi

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Levi, a son of Jacob and ancestor of the tribe bearing his name.

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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Thummim

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The sacred thing named with the Urim and placed in the high priest's breastplate of judgment.

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Urim

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The Urim, paired with the Thummim in the high priest's breastplate and used in seeking judgment or counsel before the LORD.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Massah

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Massah, the place named for Israel's testing of the Lord in the wilderness.

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strive

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To contend, struggle, labour earnestly, or exert oneself toward an object.

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33:8¶ 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;

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33:9Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

33:10They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

33:11Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

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