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HE WAS KING - i. e., not Moses but the Lord became king....
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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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HE. Jehovah, from Deuteronomy 33:2. See the Structure, above.
JESHURUN. See note on Deuteronomy 32:15.
WERE GATHERED TOGETHER. gathered themselves together....
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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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_And he_ BECAME _king in Jeshurun_ i.e. Jehovah. Graf, Wellh., Stade
render _and there was a king_, i.e. Saul, but Saul is not relevant
here. On _Yeshurun_see Deuteronomy 32:15....
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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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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._ 5. _AND HE WAS KING IN JESHURUN,_ &C.— DURELL.
Dr. Kennicott endeavours to shew the great inconsistency of making
Moses the speaker of the passage as it stands in our version. Aware of
this dif...
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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 WAS KING IN JESHURUN, WHEN THE HEADS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE
TRIBES OF ISRAEL WERE GATHERED TOGETHER._
And he was king in Jeshurun. On "Jeshurun" as a designation of
Israel, see Deuteronomy 32:...
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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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HE WAS KING] Jehovah, not Moses: cp. on Numbers 23:21. ON JESHURUN see
Deuteronomy 32:15....
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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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וַ יְהִ֥י בִ ישֻׁר֖וּן מֶ֑לֶךְ בְּ
הִתְאַסֵּף
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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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He shall, &c. Erit rex, may perhaps be as well rendered indefinitely,
"There shall be a king;" or, with the Septuagint, "And there shall be
over the beloved a ruler," as (Haydock) some understand this...
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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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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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AND HE WAS KING IN JESHURUN,.... That is, in Israel, or over the
people of Israel, of which name of theirs, Deuteronomy 32:15; either
God, as Jarchi; for the government of the Israelites was a theocra...
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And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the
tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Ver. 5. _And he was king in Jeshurun._] A heroic king, reigning by
virtue and justice only...
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_And_ Or, _for, he was king_ Not indeed in title, but, in reality,
being under God their supreme governor and lawgiver; and therefore, by
his authority, required them to observe these laws. _When 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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And He, Jehovah, WAS KING IN JESHURUN, the people of righteousness,
WHEN THE HEADS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL WERE GATHERED
TOGETHER, namely, at Mount Sinai....
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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...
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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 was their king, not in title, but in reality, being under God
their supreme and uncontrollable governor and lawgiver: though the
word oft signifies only a _prince_ or _chief ruler_, as Judges 19...
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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 33:5 King H4428 Jeshurun H3484 leaders H7218 people H5971
gathered H622 (H8692) tribes H7626 Israel H3
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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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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 32:15; Exodus 18:16; Exodus 18:19; Genesis 36:31; Judge
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He was king in Jeshurun — Moses was their king not in title, but in
reality, being under God, their supreme governor, and law giver.
Gathered together — When the princes and people met together for th...