Deuteronomy 33:8

Contemporary English Version

⁸^(A) At Massah and Meribah Spring,^[a]
the Lord tested you,
tribe of Levi.
You were faithful,^[b]
and so the priesthood^[c] belongs
to the Levi tribe.

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Footnotes

33.8 Massah and Meribah Spring: See Exodus 17.1-7; Numbers 20.1-13.
33.8 the Lord tested you, tribe of Levi. You were faithful: Or “the Lord tested me. I was faithful” or “the Lord tested Aaron and me. We were faithful.”
33.8 priesthood: The Hebrew text has “your thummim and your urim,” objects that were used by priests to get answers from God.

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Deuteronomy 33:9

Contemporary English Version

⁹Protecting Israel's agreement
    with the Lord
was more important to you
than the life of your father
    or mother,
or brothers or sisters,
    or your own children.^[a]