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Verse Deuteronomy 33:17. _HIS GLORY_ IS LIKE _THE FIRSTLING OF HIS
BULLOCK_] This similitude is very obscure. A bullock was the most
excellent of animals among the Jews, not only because of its
_acce...
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Comparing the words of Moses with those of Jacob, it will be seen that
the patriarch dwells with emphasis on the severe conflicts which
Joseph, i. e., Ephraim and Manasseh, would undergo (compare Gene...
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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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HORNS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for
Ephraim and Manasseh.
UNICORNS. See note on Numbers 23:22.
PEOPLE. peoples.
EARTH, or land....
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The Blessing Proper
6 R e" ubén, may he live and not die,
Though few be his men....
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For these two hierodules the Heb. is _ḳadesh_(masc.) and
_ḳedeshah_(fem.) and means simply _set apari, consecrated_(cp.
above, pp. 108 ff.), the former being probably the unsexed man
referred to in De...
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_VER._ 13-17. _AND OF JOSEPH HE SAID,_ &C.— Whether we consider
Joseph with respect to his situation in the land of Canaan, or to the
eminent dignity by which his descendants were distinguished, he is...
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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...
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_HIS GLORY IS LIKE THE FIRSTLING OF HIS BULLOCK, AND HIS HORNS ARE
LIKE THE HORNS OF UNICORNS: WITH THEM HE SHALL PUSH THE PEOPLE
TOGETHER TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: AND THEY ARE THE TEN THOUSANDS OF
E...
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Read, 'His firstling bullock, majesty is his, and his horns are the
horns of the wild ox.' Ephraim is meant, and is compared to a wild ox:
see on Numbers 23:22....
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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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THEY ARE THE TEN THOUSANDS OF EPHRAIM, AND THEY ARE THE THOUSANDS OF
MANASSEH. — Rashi refers this to the ten thousands _slain_ by
Joshua, the Ephraimite leader, and the thousands slain by Gideon, who...
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בְּכֹ֨ור שֹׁורֹ֜ו הָדָ֣ר לֹ֗ו וְ
קַרְנֵ֤י רְא
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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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Bullock, or cow. Shor, denotes all the species, chap. xv. 19. ---
Firstling, is likewise often put for the most excellent. Thus "his
beauty, like the finest bullock." The Egyptians had a high esteem f...
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The blessing of Joseph is very striking, and deserves the closest
attention, from the interest all true believers in CHRIST have in it.
It is true, Joseph was separated from his brethren when sold int...
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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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17_His glory is like the firstling. _Translators obscure the meaning
by translating the word _firstling _in the nominative case. I have no
doubt, however, but that he compares the glory of Joseph to 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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HIS GLORY [IS LIKE] THE FIRSTLING OF HIS BULLOCK,.... Such as were in
Bashan, a country possessed by the posterity of Joseph, see
Psalms 22:12; and so might be called "his" bullock, or a young bull,...
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His glory [is like] the firstling of his bullock, and his horns [are
like] the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people
together to the ends of the earth: and they [are] the ten thousands...
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_His glory is like the firstling of his bullock_ Or the prime and
fairest bullock of the herd. For things that excel in their kind are
called _firstborn_ in Scripture. The beauty and strength of this...
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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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His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like
the horns of unicorns, of the fierce wild-ox; he would occupy a
position of such power as to be able to trample on all his enemie...
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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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6-23 The order in which the tribes are here blessed, is not the same
as is observed elsewhere. The blessing of Judah may refer to the whole
tribe in general, or to David as a type of Christ. Moses la...
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THE FIRSTLING OF HIS BULLOCK; in whose countenance there is a kind of
awful majesty and comely generosity, as Tully, Aelian, &c. observe.
This seems to note the kingdom which Ephraim should obtain in...
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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 33:13
“And of Joseph he said,
Blessed of Yahweh be his land,
For the precious things of heaven, for the dew,
And for the deep that couches beneath,
And for the precious things of the...
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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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_Of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land._
JOSEPH
The character of Joseph is not often correctly apprehended, although
it comes out very distinctly in the picture which Scripture has given...
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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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1 Chronicles 5:1; 1 Kings 22:11; 2 Chronicles 18:10; Genesis 48:19;...
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His glory is like the firstling of his bullock — Or young bull,
which is a stately creature, and was therefore formerly used as an
emblem of royal majesty. This seems to note the kingdom which Ephraim...