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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
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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...
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CONGREGATION. assembly....
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4A. _met you not_, etc.] The appearance of the Pl. address marks a
quotation as in Deuteronomy 9:7 f. According to Deuteronomy 2:29 Moab
_sold bread and water_to Israel.
_when ye came forth out of Egy...
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(2 9). Four Laws: Of Right to Enter the Congregation
There shall not enter any eunuch (Deuteronomy 33:1); nor the son of
an unlawful marriage, nor descendants (Deuteronomy 33:2); nor
Ammonite, nor Mo...
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_Moses commanded us a law_ The change to 1st pers. plur. (but LXX B
_you_), the introduction of Moses" name, and the fact that the line is
an odd one, raise the suspicion that it is a gloss. Law, Heb....
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( 4 7). Nor shall Ammonites, nor Moabites, nor their Descendants Enter
the Congregation (3), for these nations gave no provision to Israel on
the way from Egypt (4 _a_), but he (?) hired Balaam to cur...
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The Proem The Origin of Israel
The Revelation by which the tribes became a nation is described in
the mingled figures of a dawn and a thunderstorm, theophanies frequent
in the Ar. poetry of the deser...
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_VER._ 4. _MOSES COMMANDED US A LAW,_ &C.— He commanded as a law, To
be the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob....
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E. THE BLESSING OF MOSES (Deuteronomy 33:1-29)
Having spoken his song in the previous chapter, Moses now pronounces
his blessing upon the people. Both were probably spoken on the same
day, just prior...
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_AND HE SAID, THE LORD CAME FROM SINAI, AND ROSE UP FROM SEIR UNTO
THEM; HE SHINED FORTH FROM MOUNT_ _ AND HE SAID, THE LORD CAME FROM
SINAI, AND ROSE UP FROM SEIR UNTO THEM; HE SHINED FORTH FROM MOUN...
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This v. may be interpolated. Moses could hardly have written it
himself. The superscription in Habakkuk 3:1 seems also to indicate
that a later writer has written down the Blessing of Moses....
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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...
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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...
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(4,5)
“[Of] the law which Moses commanded us,
The inheritance of the congregation of Jacob,
When he (Moses) was king in Jeshurun,
In the gathering of the heads of the people,
The tribes of Israel to...
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תֹּורָ֥ה צִוָּה ־לָ֖נוּ מֹשֶׁ֑ה
מֹורָשָׁ֖ה קְהִלַּ֥ת...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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Moses commanded us a law, [even] the (e) inheritance of the
congregation of Jacob.
(e) To us and our successors....
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_Moses. He expresses himself as if the people were speaking. The
change of persons is very frequent in this discourse. --- Inheritance.
So the psalmist (Psalm cxviii. 111,) says, I have purchased thy...
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If Moses be meant here as the king of Jeshurun, we may admire the
modesty of the man. He never assumed the title himself; he did not
affect to be called so; and seemed to be not anxious to preserve hi...
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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...
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4_Moses commanded us a law. _What he had declared respecting the glory
of God, and the excellency of the Law, he now applies to his own
person, since it was his purpose, as I have said, to establish t...
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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...
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MOSES COMMANDED US A LAW,.... The law was of God, it came forth from
his right hand, Deuteronomy 33:2; it is of his enacting, a declaration
of his will, and has his authority stamped upon it, who is t...
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Moses commanded us a law, [even] the inheritance of the congregation
of Jacob.
Ver. 4. _Moses commanded us a law._] These are the words of those
saints above mentioned, expressing their good affectio...
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_Moses commanded us a law_ Moses has been thought by some to speak
this of himself, in the third person, because he intended the contents
of this chapter, like the preceding song, to be learned by the...
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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....
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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...
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1-5 To all his precepts, warnings, and prophecies, Moses added a
solemn blessing. He begins with a description of the glorious
appearances of God, in giving the law. His law works like fire. If
recei...
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Moses speaks this of himself in the third person, which is very usual
in the Hebrew language. The law is called their INHERITANCE, partly
because the obligation of it was hereditary, passing from pare...
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"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...
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Deuteronomy 33:4 Moses H4872 commanded H6680 (H8765) law H8451
heritage H4181 congregation H6952 Jacob H3290
Moses -...
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Deuteronomy 33:4
“Moses commanded us a law,
An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
And he was king in Jeshurun,
When the heads of the people were gathered,
All the tribes of Israel together.”...
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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:...
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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....
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_From His right hand went a fiery law for them._
Yea, He loved the people.
THE LAW OF ANTAGONISM
At first sight the text might seem to involve a contradiction, but
closer consideration will show th...
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_This is the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the
children of Israel before his death._
THE BLESSING OF THE TRIBES
The many successive “blessings” of Israel were a necessary
conseque...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 9:26; John 1:17; John 7:19; Psalms 119:111; Psalms 119:
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Moses — He speaks this of himself in the third person, which is very
usual in the Hebrew language. The law is called their inheritance,
because the obligation of it was hereditary, passing from parent...