Deuteronomy 18:7

7 and ministers in the name of the Lord his God, ¹like 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 him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.

6 “And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, where he lives—and he may come when he desires— to the place that the Lord will choose,

7 and ministers in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord,

8 then he may have equal portions to eat, besides what he receives from the sale of his patrimony.

9 “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.

Cross References

• 1. 18:7 [1 Chr. 23:6; 2 Chr. 31:2]