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Deuteronomy 33:28

Israel then shall dwell in safety alone, separate from other people and secure in the protection of Jehovah; the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine, in a rich and fertile country; also his heavens shall drop down dew, provide sufficient moisture for all purposes, as much as the land required.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 33:28. _ISRAEL THEN SHALL DWELL - ALONE_] This people shall not be _incorporated_ with any other people under heaven. A prophecy which continues to be fulfilled to the very letter. E...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE FOUNTAIN OF JACOB SHALL BE UPON A LAND OF CORN AND WINE - The King James Version does not preserve the symmetry of the clauses. Render it: “Israel shall dwell in safety; alone shall the fountain o...

  • 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

    ISRAEL... JACOB. The name of. man put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for his posterity. App-6. Note the name, "Israel" connected with Divine safety, and "Jacob" with earthly substance. DWE...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Epilogue 26  None like the God of Y e shurun! Riding the heavens to thy help, And the skies in His loftiness. 27  The Eternal God is thy refuge, And beneath are the arms everlasting. He drov...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _fountain … alone_ For _fountain_, _-ain_, some propose _-am_, _people_. But the figure is emphatic and natural after the previous line: Israel's life shall flow unmixed, untainted with that of the ex...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 28. _ISRAEL THEN SHALL DWELL IN SAFETY ALONE_— The word בדד _badad,_ signifies _to live alone,_ and I suppose its signification may be extended to living separate. The Israelites were separated...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 26-29. _THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO THE GOD OF JESHURUN_— Moses, having made an end of declaring to each tribe some of the particular circumstances which would distinguish them from the rest, and h...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    k. BLESSINGS UPON ALL ISRAEL (Deuteronomy 33:26-29) 26 There is none like unto God, I Jeshurun Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies. 27 The eternal God is...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _ISRAEL THEN SHALL DWELL IN SAFETY ALONE: THE FOUNTAIN OF JACOB SHALL BE UPON A LAND OF CORN AND WINE; ALSO HIS HEAVENS SHALL DROP DOWN DEW._ The fountain of Jacob - the posterity of Israel shall dwe...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RV 'Israel dwelleth in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of corn and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew.' Israel separated from all other nations (see on Numbers 23:9) dwells securely i...

  • 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

    ISRAEL THEN SHALL DWELL IN SAFETY — _i.e._, in confidence and security. “_In His days_ (the days of Messiah) Judah shall be saved, and _Israel shall dwell safely”_ (Jeremiah 23:6), but not until they...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁכֹּן֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל בֶּ֤טַח בָּדָד֙ עֵ֣ין...

  • 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

    Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: (r) the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. (r) Who was plentiful in issue as a fountain....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Alone, without standing in need of the assistance of any other but God. See Numbers xxiii. 9. (Haydock) --- Some of the ancient Germans would have no communication with any other nation; and they depo...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The man of GOD, having poured out his praises on Israel's GOD, now bestows his commendation on Israel. They have the eternal GOD for their refuge. JEHOVAH is engaged in all his covenant relations for...

  • 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

    28._Israel then shall dwell in safety alone. _(328) The beginning of the verse is by no means obscure, for Moses promises in it to the elect people what all have naturally a great desire for, viz., pe...

  • 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

    ISRAEL THEN SHALL DWELL IN SAFETY ALONE,.... The Canaanites being thrust out of their land, and Israel put into the possession of it, should dwell in safety, or "confidently" l; without fear of enemie...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. Ver. 28. _Israel then shall dwell, &c._] _See Trapp on "_...

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

    _Israel shall dwell in safety alone_ Either, 1st, In safety, although they be alone, and have no confederates to defend them, but have all the world against them, yet my single protection shall be suf...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    26-29 None had such a God as Israel. There is no people like the Israel of God. What is here said of the church of Israel is to be applied to the spiritual church. Never were people so well seated an...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ALONE; either, 1. Though they be alone, and have no confederates to defend them, but have all the world against them, yet my single protection shall be sufficient for them. Or, 2. Distinct and separa...

  • 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 33:28 Israel H3478 dwell H7931 (H8799) safety H983 fountain H5869 Jacob H3290 alone H910 land H776

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Deuteronomy 33:28 And Israel dwells in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yes, his heavens drop down dew. Because of this Israel, once they had driven out their...

  • 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

    _There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun._ THE GOD OF JESHURUN Are we to understand this passage as revoking all the threatened judgments previously denounced against Israel? No. But Moses saw, a...

  • 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

    Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 8:8; Deuteronomy 11:11; Deuteronomy 32:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Alone — Either Tho' they be alone, and have no confederates to defend them, but have all the world against them, yet my single protection shall be sufficient for them. Or, Distinct and separated from...

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