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He will teach Your ordinances … law: Besides performing priestly duties like sacrifices and assisting at the Tent of Meeting and the temple, the Levites were responsible for teaching the Torah (31:9–13).
set incense: Only Levitical priests could perform this ministry (Numbers 16:39–40). Later, when King Uzziah entered the temple to offer incense, he was strongly condemned. He was arrogant in violating what was only the privilege of the priests. He suffered from a skin disease for the rest of his life (2 Chronicles 26:16–21).
On the day before he died, Jacob blessed his 12 sons (Genesis 49:1–28). Many years later, Moses also blessed these same sons. By that time, they had become large and powerful tribes. Moses, like Jacob, spoke as a founding father of the nation.
People
Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes
Glossary
Deuteronomy, Book of Education Jacob Jeshurun Mediate, Mediator Moses Ordain, Ordination Poetry, Biblical Priests and Levites Song of Moses Teacher Tribe of Levi
Topics
Death: Scenes of Death of Moses Incense: None but Priest to offer Incense: Uses of Intercession: Additional Instances of for Israel Law: The Priests and Levites Levites: Religious Zeal of Levites: Teachers of the Law Priest: Duties of Teach the Law Priests: Services of Teaching the Law The Law of Moses: Priests and Levites to Teach The Levites: Prophecies Respecting The Levites: Zeal Against Idolatry a Cause of Their Appointment The Tribes of Israel: Predictions Respecting Each of