Ulangan 10:8

10:8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi ¹  to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings ²  in his name, as they do to this very day.

Ulangan 18:22

18:22 whenever a prophet speaks in my ³  name and the prediction ⁴  is not fulfilled, ⁵  then I have ⁶  not spoken it; ⁷  the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”

[10:8]  ¹ sn The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi. This was not the initial commissioning of the tribe of Levi to this ministry (cf. Num 3:11-13; 8:12-26), but with Aaron’s death it seemed appropriate to Moses to reiterate Levi’s responsibilities. There is no reference in the Book of Numbers to this having been done, but the account of Eleazar’s succession to the priesthood there (Num 20:25-28) would provide a setting for this to have occurred.

[10:8]  ² sn To formulate blessings. The most famous example of this is the priestly “blessing formula” of Num 6:24-26.

[18:22]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord’s.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

[18:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “the word,” but a predictive word is in view here. Cf. NAB “his oracle.”

[18:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “does not happen or come to pass.”

[18:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Lord has.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

[18:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”