en_tn_condensed/deu/33/09.md

General Information:

Moses continues to bless the tribes of Israel, which he began to do in Deuteronomy 33:2. The blessings are short poems. He continues describing the tribe of Levi, which he began to do in Deuteronomy 33:8. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

your word

"your commands"

guarded ... kept

These words both mean to watch over and to protect. They are often metaphors for "obeyed," but here they should be translated literally because they refer to a time when the Levites literally killed people who were rebelling against Yahweh. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)