Deuteronomy 33:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Moses said this about Levi: “Levi is your true follower. He keeps the Urim and Thummim. At Massah you tested the people of Levi. At the waters of Meribah, you challenged them.

Cross References

Exodus 17:7

Moses named that place Meribah and Massah, because this was the place that the Israelites turned against him and tested the Lord. The people wanted to know if the Lord was with them or not.

Exodus 28:30

Put the Urim and Thummim inside the judgment pouch. They will be over Aaron’s heart when he goes before the Lord. So Aaron will always carry with him a way of judging for the Israelites when he is before the Lord.

Numbers 20:13

This place was called the waters of Meribah. This is where the Israelites argued with the Lord and where he showed them that he was holy.

Psalm 106:16

The people became jealous of Moses. They became jealous of Aaron, the Lord’s holy priest.

Leviticus 8:8

Moses put the judgment pouch on Aaron and put the Urim and Thummim inside its pocket.

Revelation 3:7

“Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia: “Here is a message from the one who is holy and true, the one who holds the key of David. When he opens something, it cannot be closed. And when he closes something, it cannot be opened.

Hebrews 7:26

So Jesus is the kind of high priest we need. He is holy. He has no sin in him. He is pure and not influenced by sinners. And he is raised above the heavens.

Psalm 81:7

When you were in trouble, you called for help, and I set you free. I was hidden in the storm clouds, and I answered you. I tested you by the water at Meribah.” Selah

Psalm 16:10

because you will not leave me in the place of death. You will not let your faithful one rot in the grave.

Nehemiah 7:65

The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest could use the Urim and Thummim to ask God what to do.

Ezra 8:28

Then I said to the twelve priests: “You and these things are holy to the Lord. People gave this silver and gold to the Lord, the God of your ancestors.

Ezra 2:63

The governor ordered them not to eat any of the holy food until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim to ask God what to do.

2 Chronicles 23:6

Only the priests and Levites who serve in the Lord’s Temple are permitted to enter it. They are the only ones who have been made holy. Don’t let anyone else enter. All the others must do only the work the Lord has given them.

1 Samuel 28:6

He prayed to the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him. God did not talk to Saul in dreams. God did not use the Urim to give him an answer, and God did not use prophets to speak to Saul.

Deuteronomy 8:16

In the desert he fed you manna—something your ancestors had never seen. He tested you to make you humble so that everything would go well for you in the end.

Numbers 27:21

If Joshua needs to make a decision, he will go to Eleazar the priest. Eleazar will use the Urim to learn the Lord’s answer. Then Joshua and all the Israelites will do the things God says. If he says, ‘go to war,’ they will go to war. And if he says, ‘go home,’ they will go home.”

Numbers 16:5

Then Moses said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who belongs to him. He will show who is holy, and he will bring that man near to him. He will choose him and bring that man near to him.

Leviticus 21:7

“A priest serves God in a special way, so he must not marry a woman who has had sexual relations with any other man. He must not marry a prostitute or a divorced woman.

Exodus 28:36

“Make a strip of pure gold and carve these words into the gold like the writing on a seal: holy to the lord.

Numbers 20:24

“It is time for Aaron to die and go to be with his ancestors. Aaron will not enter the land that I promised to the Israelites. Moses, I say this to you because both you and Aaron did not fully obey the command I gave you at the waters of Meribah.

Deuteronomy 6:16

“You must not test the Lord your God like you tested him at Massah.

Malachi 2:6

He taught the true teachings and didn’t teach lies. Levi was honest, and he loved peace. He followed me and saved many people from being punished for the evil things they did.

Numbers 35:8

The large tribes of Israel will get large pieces of land. The small tribes of Israel will get small pieces of land. So the large tribes will give more cities and the small tribes will give fewer cities to the Levites.”

Deuteronomy 9:22

“Also, at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah you made the Lord angry.