Deuteronomy 18:7

7 he may serve in the name of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of 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 him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in the Lord's name from now on.

6 When a Levite leaves one of your towns where he lives in Israel and wants to go to the place the Lord chooses,

7 he may serve in the name of the Lord his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the Lord.

8 They will eat equal portions besides what he has received from the sale of the family estate.

9 "When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations.