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Verse Deuteronomy 33:29. _HAPPY_ ART _THOU, C._] אשרי _ashrey_. O
the happiness of Israel! it is ineffable, inconceivable, because they
are _a people saved by the Lord _- have such a salvation as it...
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BE FOUND LIARS UNTO THEE - Perhaps rather, “cringe before thee.”
The verb means to show a feigned or forced obedience: see the marginal
references.
TREAD UPON THEIR HIGH PLACES - i. e., occupy the co...
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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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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 Samue...
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The Epilogue
26 None like the God of Y e shurun!
Riding the heavens to thy help,
And the skies in His loftiness.
27 The Eternal God is thy refuge,
And beneath are the arms everlasting.
He drov...
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The metre here is irregular, the first line is overloaded, the third
too short, but the text is mostly confirmed by the Versions.
_shield_ God as shield, Genesis 15:1; Psalms 3:3 (4), Psalms 18:2;...
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DISCOURSE: 242
THE HAPPINESS OF GOD’S PEOPLE
Deuteronomy 33:29. _Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O
people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword
of thy excel...
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_VER._ 29. _HAPPY ART THOU, O ISRAEL!_— See ver. 26, &c. GOD is
there said to have none like Him; so is Israel here: HE is superior to
all created beings, because they obey Him: _they_ are superior to...
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_VER._ 26-29. _THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO THE GOD OF JESHURUN_— Moses,
having made an end of declaring to each tribe some of the particular
circumstances which would distinguish them from the rest, and h...
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k. BLESSINGS UPON ALL ISRAEL (Deuteronomy 33:26-29)
26
There is none like unto God, I Jeshurun
Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help,
And in his excellency on the skies.
27
The eternal God is...
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33:29 cringing (g-31) i.e. 'render forced or feigned obedience.'...
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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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THINE ENEMIES SHALL BE FOUND LIARS UNTO THEE. — See Psalms 66:3 :
“Through the greatness of thy power _shall thine enemies_ submit
themselves (_i.e., lie_)_ unto thee.”_ The idea is, that the enemies...
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אַשְׁרֶ֨יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל מִ֣י
כָמֹ֗וךָ עַ֚ם נֹושַׁ֣ע...
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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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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...
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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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Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by
the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy
excellency! and (s) thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee;...
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Deny thee. Break their word and most solemn treaties. Hebrew, "shall
lie unto thee," which will afford thee a just reason to seize their
effects. (Haydock) --- Some translate, "the efforts of thy enem...
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REFLECTIONS
PAUSE, My soul, over the perusal of this most delightful Chapter, and
while the man of GOD is pronouncing these blessings over the people of
Israel: see, whether you can now, by virtue of...
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The man of GOD, having poured out his praises on Israel's GOD, now
bestows his commendation on Israel. They have the eternal GOD for
their refuge. JEHOVAH is engaged in all his covenant relations for...
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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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_CHRIST’S PEOPLE A HAPPY PEOPLE_
‘Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by
the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy
excellency!’
Deuteronomy 33:29
Two...
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29_Happy art thou, O Israel. _He again exclaims that happy is the
people, whose salvation is in God; and surely this is the only true
happiness; for unless we ascend to the first cause of Salvation, a...
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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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HAPPY [ART] THOU, O ISRAEL,.... This is the conclusion of the blessing
on Israel summed up in a few words; they having God to be their God,
and having so many good things promised them, and in sight o...
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Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by
the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy
excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and...
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Deu. 33:29. "Thine enemies," etc. _i.e., _ liars in their boastings
and menaces; ["and thou shalt tread," etc.] - _i.e., _ their
fortresses built upon high rocks and steep places - that is, thou
shalt...
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_Happy art thou, O Israel_ Wanting words sufficiently to express their
happiness, he breaks out into admiration of it. _Who is like unto
thee?_ So highly favoured as thou art? _O_ people, _saved of th...
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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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Happy art thou, O Israel, endowed with salvation! WHO IS LIKE UNTO
THEE, O PEOPLE SAVED BY THE LORD, THE SHIELD OF THY HELP; AND WHO IS
THE SWORD OF THY EXCELLENCY, a weapon both of protection and of...
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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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SHALL BE FOUND LIARS:
Or, shall be subdued...
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26-29 None had such a God as Israel. There is no people like the
Israel of God. What is here said of the church of Israel is to be
applied to the spiritual church. Never were people so well seated an...
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SAVED BY THE LORD, the giver and preserver of all that excellency,
that glory, safety, and happiness, which thou hast above all other
people, which thou dost not obtain either by or for thy own wisdom...
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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 33:29 Happy H835 Israel H3478 people H5971 saved H3467
(H8737) LORD H3068 shield H4043 help H5828
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Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy are you, O Israel:
Who is like to you, a people saved by Yahweh?
The shield of your help,
And the sword of your excellency!
And your enemies will submit themselves to you,...
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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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_Happy art thou, O Israel._
THE PEERLESS NATION
The word “Israel” never grows old. It is a name that, though it
figures on the page of history as a name of long, long ago, still
lives, and lives to r...
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_There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun._
THE GOD OF JESHURUN
Are we to understand this passage as revoking all the threatened
judgments previously denounced against Israel? No. But Moses saw,
a...
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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 Timothy 4:10; 2 Samuel 22:45; 2 Samuel 7:23; Deuteronomy 32:13;...
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The shield of they help — By whom thou are sufficiently guarded
against all assailants; and the sword of thy excellency — Or, thy
most excellent sword, that is, thy strength and the author of all thy...