Deuteronomio 10:8

8 In quel tempo l’Eterno separò la tribù di Levi per portare l’arca del patto dell’Eterno, per stare davanti all’Eterno ed esser suoi ministri, e per dar la benedizione nel nome di lui, come ha fatto sino al dì d’oggi.

Deuteronomio 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi
Not at the time that Moses came down from the mount with the tables of the law, but some considerable time after, even after the tabernacle was erected; nor at the time that Aaron died, and Eleazar succeeded him, but many years before that; unless there was a fresh separation of them, or a renewal of it when Eleazar became high priest in his father's stead; and so that being mentioned is the reason of its being repeated here;

to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord;
even that into which the law, sometimes called the covenant, was put, and therefore here called the ark of the covenant: when this was carried from place to place, as it was especially in the wilderness, it was the business of the Levites to bear it, particularly the Kohathites; ( Numbers 3:31 ) ( 10:21 ) ( 1 Chronicles 6:1 ) ,

to stand before the Lord to minister unto him;
that is, to his priests, in the tabernacle, and to keep and guard that:

and to bless in his name unto this day;
not to bless the people, which was the work of the priest, but to sing praise in the name of the Lord, to give thanks unto him, and bless and praise him.

Deuteronomio 10:8 In-Context

6 (Or i figliuoli d’Israele partirono da Beeroth-Benè-Jaakan per Mosera. Quivi morì Aaronne, e quivi fu sepolto; ed Eleazar, suo figliuolo, divenne sacerdote al posto di lui.

7 Di là partirono alla volta di Gudgoda; e da Gudgoda alla volta di Jotbatha, paese di corsi d’acqua.

8 In quel tempo l’Eterno separò la tribù di Levi per portare l’arca del patto dell’Eterno, per stare davanti all’Eterno ed esser suoi ministri, e per dar la benedizione nel nome di lui, come ha fatto sino al dì d’oggi.

9 Perciò Levi non ha parte né eredità coi suoi fratelli; l’Eterno è la sua eredità, come gli ha detto l’Eterno, l’Iddio tuo).

10 Or io rimasi sul monte, come la prima volta, quaranta giorni e quaranta notti; e l’Eterno mi esaudì anche questa volta: l’Eterno non ti volle distruggere.