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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:15

Everlasting hills. Chaldean, "which never fail" to produce an abundant crop. (Haydock) --- The hills of the Israelites were very productive. But when they rebelled against their God, in very deed the hills were liars, and yielded little or nothing, Jeremias iii. 23.

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See also Deuteronomy 33:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 33:15. _THE CHIEF THINGS OF THE ANCIENT MOUNTAINS_] ומראש הררי קדם _umerosh harerey kedem, and from the head_ or top _of the_ _ancient_ or eastern _mountains_, the _precious things_...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Comparing the words of Moses with those of Jacob, it will be seen that the patriarch dwells with emphasis on the severe conflicts which Joseph, i. e., Ephraim and Manasseh, would undergo (compare Gene...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE BLESSING OF MOSES Chapter S 32:44-33:29 _ 1. Introduction (Deuteronomy 32:44)_ 2. Jehovah's manifestation (Deuteronomy 33:1) 3. The blessing of Reuben, Judah and Levi (D

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DEUTERONOMY 33. THE BLESSING OF MOSES. Of this poem (quite unconnected with the context) the following statements may be made: (_a)_ It was composed during the prosperous reign of Jeroboam II (786- 74...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ANCIENT MOUNTAINS. mountains of old. Compare Deuteronomy 33:27....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    ( 16, 17). Of a Runaway Slave. If such escape to _thee_apparently Israel as a whole (cp. Deuteronomy 5:16), and therefore the slave, though not necessarily a Hebrew slave 1 [145] (Marti), is one who h...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _deliver_ i.e. under arrest; cp. Joshua 20:5 (deut.), 1 Samuel 23:11 f. _a servant_ SLAVE or _bondman_, as elsewhere, e.g. Deuteronomy 5:14. _chief things_ Heb. _rôsh_(collect.) _tops_o

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Blessing Proper 6  R e" ubén, may he live and not die, Though few be his men....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 13-17. _AND OF JOSEPH HE SAID,_ &C.— Whether we consider Joseph with respect to his situation in the land of Canaan, or to the eminent dignity by which his descendants were distinguished, he is...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. BLESSINGS PRONOUNCED UPON THE TWELVE TRIBES (Deuteronomy 33:6-25) It will be noticed that the tribe of Simeon is not mentioned in this list. This was because of their father's anger, cruelty, and d...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND FOR THE CHIEF THINGS OF THE ANCIENT MOUNTAINS, AND FOR THE PRECIOUS THINGS OF THE LASTING HILLS,_ And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hi...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    33:15 things (h-5) Lit. 'head.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BLESSING OF MOSES This chapter contains the last words or 'swan-song' of Moses. Immediately before his death he takes farewell of the people, and blesses each of the tribes in turn, as Jacob had...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 33 V1 This is the *blessing that Moses, God’s *prophet, gave to the *Israelites. Moses did this...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מֵ רֹ֖אשׁ הַרְרֵי ־קֶ֑דֶם וּ מִ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    (B) THE BLESSING OF MOSES Deuteronomy 33:1 Besides the farewell speeches and the farewell song, we have in this chapter yet another closing utterance attributed to Moses. Here, as in the case of the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE BLESSING OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE Deuteronomy 33:1 The glorious nature of God is the opening theme here. The reference is to the giving of the Law when, amid fire and the mediation of angels, God des...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have the record of the final words of Moses to the nation. They also take the form of a song. Often he had set before the people cursing and blessing His last words were of blessing only. Firs...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The blessing of Joseph is very striking, and deserves the closest attention, from the interest all true believers in CHRIST have in it. It is true, Joseph was separated from his brethren when sold int...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._And for the chief things of the ancient mountains. _In these words he shows that no part of the land would be barren. We know that the tops of mountains are generally and uncultivated, or at any r...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We have also the blessings of this man of God, pronounced over the people before his death (chap. 33). The blessings of Jacob were more historical regarding the future. Here they are rather relationsh...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND FOR THE CHIEF THINGS OF THE ANCIENT MOUNTAINS,.... Which were from the beginning of the world, and for which the land, possessed by the children of Joseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim, were famous; as t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, Ver. 15. _And for the chief things._] Metals and minerals usually dug out of mountains, which are...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And of Joseph_ Including both Ephraim and Manasseh. In Jacob's blessing, that of Joseph is the largest; and so it is here. _His land_ His portion, shall be endowed with choice blessings from God. _Of...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Maiestie of God. 6 The blessings of the twelue Tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel. 1 AND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and for the chief things, the summits, OF THE ANCIENT MOUNTAINS, AND FOR THE PRECIOUS THINGS OF THE LASTING HILLS, the great forests and thickets clothing the mountain ranges,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BLESSING OF MOSES. As the aged patriarch Jacob laid his blessing upon his sons in the form of prophecies, so Moses, before being gathered to his people, spoke a prophetic blessing upon the peopl...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BLESSING OF THE TRIBES (vs.1-29) Though Deuteronomy is a book largely of admonition, yet all admonition is finished by the end of Chapter 32:47, and Chapter 33 beautifully closes God's message f...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-23 The order in which the tribes are here blessed, is not the same as is observed elsewhere. The blessing of Judah may refer to the whole tribe in general, or to David as a type of Christ. Moses la...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    i.e. The excellent fruits, as grapes, olives, figs, &c., which delight in mountains, growing upon, or the precious minerals contained in, their _mountains_ and _hills_, called _ancient and lasting_, i...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death" It is full of interest and comfort to find that the last words of the lawgiver were words o...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 33:15 things H7218 ancient H6924 mountains H2042 things H4022 everlasting H5769 hills H1389...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Deuteronomy 33:13 “And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that couches beneath, And for the precious things of the...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Moses' blessing upon the tribes. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is a very desirable thing to have an interest in the prayers of those who are about to depart for heaven. KEY WORD:...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 33:1. _Moses blessed Israel._ Moses, like Jacob, died distinctly blessing the tribes of Israel, and finished his course in a manner worthy of himself. The tribe of Simeon is here omitted....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land._ JOSEPH The character of Joseph is not often correctly apprehended, although it comes out very distinctly in the picture which Scripture has given...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 33:1 There is no mention of Simeon in the list of tribes, perhaps because the tribe was going to be scattered (Genesis 49:7) and absorbed by Judah....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 33:15 Compare the blessing by Jacob on Joseph in Genesis 49:26. WHO DWELLS IN THE BUSH. See...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses now performs the last great act of life and blesses the tribes of Israel. “The blessing opens with a solemn conclusion of the covenant and giving of the law at Sinai, by which th...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MOSES' BLESSING. Before ascending Mount Nebo, to take a view of the land he was not permitted to cuter and then to die, Moses took farewell of the people he had so long guided and ruled, b...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter thirty-three, Now this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel just before he died. And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir; he shin...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Genesis 49:26; Habakkuk 3:6; James 5:7...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The chief things — That is, the excellent fruits, as grapes, olives, figs, &c. which delight in mountains, growing upon, or the precious minerals contained in, their mountains and hills called ancient...

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