Deuteronomy 33:1
THIS. Moses' tenth (and last) address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1. BLESSING. To be distinguished from the Song. THE MAN OF GOD. First occurrence. See App-49. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS. Moses' tenth (and last) address. See note on Deuteronomy 1:1. BLESSING. To be distinguished from the Song. THE MAN OF GOD. First occurrence. See App-49. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Jehovah. App-4. CAME. Hebrew. _bo_ ', to come, or enter on business. Compare Habakkuk 3:3. ROSE UP. Hebrew zarah, to break forth as light. SHINED FORTH. Hebrew. _yaph'a,_ to shine forth in glory. CAME. Hebrew. _'athah,_ to come with speed. Compare _maran-athah_. the LORD cometh, 1 Cori... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVED. Hebrew "loveth". _Chabab,_ used only here, and only of Jehovah's love to Israel. HAND... FEET. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. THEY SAT DOWN. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part). App-6. Put for teaching thus received. SHALL RECEIVE. bore, or carried away.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONGREGATION. assembly.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Jehovah, from Deuteronomy 33:2. See the Structure, above. JESHURUN. See note on Deuteronomy 32:15. WERE GATHERED TOGETHER. gathered themselves together.... [ Continue Reading ]
REUBEN. For the order of the tribes see App-45. LIVE, AND NOT DIE. Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6) for emphasis, reversing Genesis 49:3; Genesis 49:4. LET NOT. The word "not" is rightly repeated from preceding clause, to supply the Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6). MEN. Hebrew. _methim._ m... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAH. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, including Simeon; for their inheritance and blessing were one. Joshua 19:1.Judges 1:3. BE. become.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUMMIM... TJRIM. See note on Exodus 28:30; Numbers 26:55. THY HOLY ONE. Thy man (' _i_. _h_, App-14.) of loving-kindness, or gracious One. the High Priest who was of the tribe of Levi. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOR KNEW. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), put for not caring for. App-6. CHILDREN. sons. Written in Hebrew text "son", but read "sons". WORD. sayings.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEACH. This was the great work of the priests. Compare Leviticus 10:11.Leviticus 17:9; Leviticus 17:10; Ezra 7:10; Jeremiah 18:18; Haggai 2:11.Malachi 2:7. BEFORE THEE. to Thy nose. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND OF. This "and" is contained in some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac. BY HIM. Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint omit "by Him".... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. Compare Genesis 49:25. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in verses: Deuteronomy 33:14. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOON. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for months. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANCIENT MOUNTAINS. mountains of old. Compare Deuteronomy 33:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BUSH. Compare Exodus 3:2. The word occurs only in these two places. SEPARATED. Compare Genesis 49:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
TREASURES HID IN THE SAND. hidden treasures of the sand: amber, agate, jet, pearls, glass, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. likewise, or, yea.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Omit. WAS HE SEATED. was reserved.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAN. Compare Genesis 49:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAPHTALI. Compare Genesis 49:21, and Joshua 19:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHOES. under thy shoes, as Authorized Version margin, i.e. above the ground, olives and oil; beneath, iron and copper. Refers to rich ores. AS THY DAYS. as the length of thy days (not "day", as often quoted). STRENGTH. sufficiency, or security, as in. fold.... [ Continue Reading ]
NONE LIKE. See note on Exodus 15:11. GOD. Hebrew. _'El._ See App-4. JESHURUN. Upright, i.e. the ideal Israel (Compare Deuteronomy 33:29) as the "upright" nation, possessing all these laws. See note on first occurrence, Deuteronomy 32:15. RIDETH. Compare Psalms 68:4; Psalms 68:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
REFUGE. abode. Psalms 90:1; Psalms 91:9. Or, "Above is the everlasting God And beneath are His everlasting arms. " ARMS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the strength which is in them. Also Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. DWELL... ALONE. Compare Numbers 23:9; Jeremiah 23:6. FOUNTAIN, or eye... [shall look] upon. WINE. See... [ Continue Reading ]
O ISRAEL. The ideal nation, viewed as Jeshurun the upright. See note on Deuteronomy 32:15. SAVED BY THE LORD. This their greatest glory. SHALL BE FOUND LIARS. shall submit themselves. Compare 2 Samuel 22:45.Psalms 66:3. HIGH PLACES. The end of Moses' tenth (and last) address. See note on Deuteron... [ Continue Reading ]