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Deuteronomy 33:25

Thy shoes shall be iron and brass, his fortresses, castles, should be of strong metal, his dwellings should be as strong and impregnable as if built of iron; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be, he should preserve his youthful strength throughout his life and thus be able to defend himself successfully against all attacks. And now Moses, in summarizing, rises to the very heights of poetical fervor.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 33:25. _THY SHOES_ SHALL BE _IRON AND BRASS_] Some suppose this may refer to the iron and copper mines in their territory; but it is more likely that it relates to their warlike dis...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The strength and firmness of Asher is as if he were shod with iron and brass (compare Revelation 1:15). The territory of this tribe probably contained iron and copper. Compare the marginal reference....

  • 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

    SHOES. under thy shoes, as Authorized Version margin, i.e. above the ground, olives and oil; beneath, iron and copper. Refers to rich ores. AS THY DAYS. as the length of thy days (not "day", as often...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _ears_ Heb. _melîlôth_only here; N.H. _melîlah_= the still soft ears. _sickle_ See on Deuteronomy 16:9. _bars_ Heb. _min-al_, found only here, but the meaning is confirmed by that of the similar form...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 241 STRENGTH ACCORDING TO OUR DAYS Deuteronomy 33:25. _As thy days, so shall thy strength be_. PREVIOUS to his departure from them, Moses pronounced a blessing on all the tribes of Israel....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 24, 25. _AND OF ASHER HE SAID_— Moses prophesies, that the Asherites would be numerous; and wishes that there might always be a perfect harmony between them and the rest of the Israelites. He t...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 25. _THY SHOES SHALL BE IRON AND BRASS,_ &C.— Or, _Thy bolts shall be iron and brass, and thou shalt have peace all thy days._ Le Cene. See Calmet, and 1 Kings 4:13. See commentary on Deuteron...

  • 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

    _THY SHOES SHALL BE IRON AND BRASS; AND AS THY DAYS, SO SHALL THY STRENGTH BE._ Shoes shall be iron and brass. These shoes suited his rocky coast from Carmel to Sidon. Country people, as well as anci...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    33:25 rest (f-10) Some read 'thine old age.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THY SHOES] rather, 'thy bars' or bolts, referring to the impregnable fortresses guarding the mountain passes of Galilee. Asher, lying in the N., was the gate of Canaan. THY STRENGTH] A word of very do...

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THY SHOES SHALL BE IRON AND BRASS. — Perhaps we should rather read, _thy bars shall be iron and brass._ The word here rendered “shoes” in the Authorised Version does not occur elsewhere. The nearest w...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בַּרְזֶ֥ל וּ נְחֹ֖שֶׁת מִנְעָלֶ֑יךָ וּ כְ יָמ

  • 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

    ISRAEL'S HAPPY FUTURE PROMISED Deuteronomy 33:18 _ Zebulun_ and _Issachar,_ sons of Leah, were neighbors in Canaan, and, being on the seaboard, became wealthy by commerce. The calling of the peoples...

  • 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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thy shoes [shall be] (q) iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be]. (q) You will be strong or, your country full of metal. It seems that Simeon is left out, because he was under J...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Iron and brass, to denote the warlike disposition of this tribe. Goliah[Goliath], and the heroes before Troy, wore boots of brass, 1 Kings xvii. 6. (Homer) --- The greatest part of the army of Antioch...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Asher's blessing, is one of the general blessings of all the spiritual seed of Israel. As the day of GOD'S people is, so shall be their strength. Once known, and they must be acceptable to the brethre...

  • 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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _STRENGTH FOR DAILY NEED_ ‘As thy days, so shall thy strength be.’ Deuteronomy 33:25 I. GOD DOES NOT SAY THAT IN EVERY DAY HE WILL SECURE US, but for ‘thy days’ the provision shall be made. God giv...

  • 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

    THY SHOES [SHALL BE] IRON AND BRASS,.... Either they should have such an abundance of these metals, that they could if they would have made their shoes of them; but that is not usual; though it is sai...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be]. Ver. 25. _Thy shoes._] Thou shalt have store of mines. _ And as thy days shall thy strength be,_] _i.e., _ Thou sh...

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

    _Thy shoes shall be iron and brass_ They must have had great plenty of both these metals before they could make, or rather adorn their shoes with them, as was the custom among some nations. But we may...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THY SHOES: Or, under thy shoes shall be iron...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    24,25 All shall be sanctified to true believers; if their way be rough, their feet shall be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. As thy days, so shall thy strength be. The "day" is often...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THY SHOES SHALL BE IRON AND BRASS: this may note either, 1. Their great strength, by which they should be able to tread down and crush their enemies, as Christ's feet for this very reason are said to...

  • 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 33:25 sandals H4515 iron H1270 bronze H5178 days H3117 strength H1679 Thy shoes - Deuteronomy 8:9;...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Deuteronomy 33:24 And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children (or ‘above the children'); Let him be acceptable to his brethren (or ‘the favoured among his brethren'), And let him dip his...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Deuteronomy 33:25 There are times when Christian men and women will distress themselves with depressing speculations as to the various situations and predicaments in which God's providence may possibl...

  • 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

    _Thy shoes shall be iron and brass._ SHOES OF IRON, AND STRENGTH SUFFICIENT: A NEW YEAR’S PROMISE I. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass. The passage has several translations, which may serve as divis...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Let Asher be blessed._ ASHER “Asher” signifies “happiness,” or “prosperity,” and was given by Leah to the son of her handmaid Zilpah, in token of the joy which this new gift of God had brought to he...

  • 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 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

    1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Iron and brass — The mines of iron and copper, which were in their portion, whence Sidon their neighbor was famous among the Heathens for its plenty of brass, and Sarepta is thought to have its name f...

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