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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24-25

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 in Scripture put for the events of the day; it is a promise that God would graciously and constantly support under trials and troubles, whatever they were. It is a promise sure to all the spiritual seed of Abraham. Have they work allotted? They shall have strength to do it. Have they burdens appointed? They shall have strength, and never be tempted above what they are able to bear.

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See also Deuteronomy 33:24-25 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Deuteronomy 33:24. LET _ASHER_ BE _BLESSED WITH CHILDREN_] Let him have a numerous posterity, continually increasing. _LET HIM BE ACCEPTABLE TO HIS BRETHREN_] May he be in perfect union and har...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Rather, “Blessed above the sons” (i. e. of Jacob-most blessed among the sons of Jacob) “be Asher; let him he the favored one of his brethren,” i. e., the one favored of God. The plenty with which this...

  • 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

    ASHER. Compare Genesis 49:20. DIP HIS FOOT IN OIL. Oil found there when water failed. See 1 Kings 17:9, and compare Joshua 19:24....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _at thine own pleasure_ or _appetite_, Deuteronomy 12:20; Deuteronomy 14:26. _Thy fill_, which in Heb. follows this clause, may be a gloss on it. _vessel_ Heb. _keli_(Deuteronomy 22:5

  • 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._ 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...

  • 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 OF ASHER HE SAID, LET ASHER BE BLESSED WITH CHILDREN; LET HIM BE ACCEPTABLE TO HIS BRETHREN, AND LET HIM DIP HIS FOOT IN OIL._ Of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed. The same play upon the name...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    33:24 sons; (d-11) Or 'more than sons.' to (e-16) Others read 'favoured among.'...

  • 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

    The first clause should probably read, 'Blessed above sons be Asher.' Northern Galilee has always been distinguished for the cultivation of the olive. Jewish writers say, 'In Asher oil flows like a ri...

  • 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

    LET ASHER BE BLESSED WITH CHILDREN. — It can be translated “more blessed than all sons.” Rashi quotes an old saying, “You will not find among all the tribes one so blest with children as Asher, and I...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ לְ אָשֵׁ֣ר אָמַ֔ר בָּר֥וּךְ מִ בָּנִ֖ים

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Blessed. He alludes to the name of Aser, which has this signification. (Haydock) --- This tribe had been upon the increase in the desert, (Calmet) and now comprised 53,000 warriors. (Haydock) --- The...

  • 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...

  • 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 OF ASHER HE SAID,.... The tribe of Asher, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: [LET] ASHER [BE] BLESSED WITH CHILDREN; with large numbers, as it appears this tribe was, having in it 53,400 m...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And of Asher he said, [Let] Asher [be] blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Ver. 24. _Let Asher be blessed with children._] Let his wife be a...

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

    _Let Asher_ Who carries blessedness in his very name; _be blessed with children_ He shall have numerous, strong, and healthful children. _Acceptable to his brethren_ By his sweet disposition and winni...

  • 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 of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children, or, more fortunate than the sons, exceptionally blessed: LET HIM BE ACCEPTABLE TO HIS BRETHREN, as their pod will and that of Jehovah rested u...

  • 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 Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    He shall have numerous, and those strong, and healthful, and comely, children. Or, _shall be blessed or praised of or above the sons_, i.e. the other sons of Israel, or his brethren, as it here follow...

  • 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 33:24 Asher H836 said H559 (H8804) Asher H836 blessed H1288 (H8803) sons H1121 favored H7521 ...

  • 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...

  • 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

    _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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 33:24 LET HIM DIP HIS FOOT IN OIL. Olive oil was a symbol of wealth. ⇐...

  • 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

    Acts 7:10; Exodus 12:10; Genesis 49:20; Job 29:6; Proverbs 3:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Let Asher — Who carries blessedness in his very name, be blessed with children — He shall have numerous, strong and healthful children. Acceptable to his brethren — By his sweet disposition and winnin...

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