Deuteronomy 18:7

7 then he may minister in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow-Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord.

Deuteronomy 18:7 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 18:7

And he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God
The Targum of Jonathan is,

``he shall minister in the name of the Word of the Lord his God;''

in the name of Christ, as a type of him, as every priest and every sacrifice were: he was to be allowed to officiate, though it was not his course or turn:

as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord;
daily offering the same sacrifices, and whatsoever are brought unto them; who might be said to stand before the Lord, because they stood at the altar of the Lord, and offered the sacrifices of the people to him; and a country Levite or priest was to be admitted to do the same thing at Jerusalem, and in the temple there, as they did; and this shows that a priest is meant by the Levite.

Deuteronomy 18:7 In-Context

5 For the Lord your God has chosen Levi out of all your tribes, to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.

6 If a Levite leaves any of your towns, from wherever he has been residing in Israel, and comes to the place that the Lord will choose (and he may come whenever he wishes),

7 then he may minister in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow-Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord.

8 They shall have equal portions to eat, even though they have income from the sale of family possessions.

9 When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn to imitate the abhorrent practices of those nations.