Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
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Gill's Exposition
And of Benjamin he said,.... The tribe of Benjamin, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; which is taken notice of next to Levi, because, as the priesthood was in the tribe of Levi, the temple in…
Barnes' Notes
Smite through the loins - Rather, strike the loins, i. e., the seat of their strength.
In blessing the tribe of Levi, Moses expresses himself more at large, not so much because it was his own tribe (for he takes no notice of his relation to it) as because it was God's tribe. The…
Cambridge Bible
when evening cometh on Gen 24:63. The new day began then.
bathe himself, etc.] Also prescribed in Lev 15:16.
substance Better strength or efficiency and so service, parallel to work of his hands. Yet…
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