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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:27

Verse Deuteronomy 33:27. The eternal God] אלהי קדם elohey kedem, the former God; HE who was of old. Not like the gods which were lately come up. HE who ever was and ever will be; and HE who was, is, and will be unchangeably holy, wise, just, and merciful. Genesis 21:33.

Everlasting arms] As the arm is the emblem of power, and of power in a state of exertion, the words here state that an unlimited and unconquerable power shall be eternally exerted in the defence of God's Church, and in the behalf of all those who trust in Him.

Thrust out the enemy] He will expel all the ancient inhabitants, and put thee in possession of their land.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THY REFUGE - Rather, “dwellingplace.” Compare Psalms 90:1; Psalms 91:9....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _dwelling place_ As in Psalms 90:1. A.V. _refuge_; and some moderns _thy refuge_by emending the text. The LXX renders the line καὶ σκεπάσει σε Θεοῦ ἀρχή. _And underneath are the everlasting arms_ Bert...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE, AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS: AND HE SHALL THRUST OUT THE ENEMY FROM BEFORE THEE; AND SHALL SAY, DESTROY THEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • 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

    REFUGE] RV 'dwelling-place': cp. Psalms 90:1. Jehovah protects Israel both above and beneath....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE. — The word “thy” is not represented in the original. _Mâ’ônah,_ the word for refuge, differs very slightly from the “refuge” of Psalms 90:1, “Lord, thou hast been our _r...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מְעֹנָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵי קֶ֔דֶם וּ מִ תַּ֖חַת זְרֹעֹ

  • 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

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  • 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

    _Underneath are the everlasting arms. Though the dwelling of God be above in heaven, his arms are always stretched out to help us here below. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "The eternal God is thy refuge; or...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • 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 Calvin's Bible Commentary

    27._The eternal God is thy refuge. _This is just as if he had said that the Israelites were protected from above by the help of God, and also based, as it were, upon Him. The beginning of the prayer c...

  • 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

    THE ETERNAL GOD [IS THY] REFUGE,.... God is eternal, from everlasting to everlasting; the Ancient of days, before all things, and all time; which is, and was, and is to come: the same is true of Chris...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them]. Ver. 27. _The eternal God._] Heb., The G...

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

    _The eternal God_ He who was before all worlds, and will be when time shall be no more; _is thy refuge_ Or, thy habitation, or mansion-house, (so the word signifies,) in whom thou art safe, and easy,...

  • 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

    The eternal God is thy Refuge, literally, "dwelling is the God of eternity," of olden times; not only does He offer to His people the protection, the refuge, of His almighty power, but also that of a...

  • 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 Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THY REFUGE, or, _thy dwelling-place_. Compare PSALMS 91:1. UNDERNEATH, i.e. under thy arms to hold thee up, as my hands were once held up by Aaron and Hur. He will support and defend thee. Or the mean...

  • 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 33:27 eternal H6924 God H430 refuge H4585 everlasting H5769 arms H2220 out H1644 (H8762) enemy H341

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God is a dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before you, And said, Destroy. But He does not just ride above them...

  • 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

    _The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms._ MAN’S REFUGE AND SUPPORT I. Man needs a refuge and a support. “We make mistakes, and men misunderstand and misinterpret them,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • 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 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

    1 Peter 1:5; 1 Samuel 15:29; 1 Timothy 1:17; Deuteronomy 9:3; G

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The eternal God — He who was before all worlds, and will be, when time shall be no more: Is thy refuge — Or, thy habitation or mansion — house (so the word signifies) in whom thou art safe, and easy,...

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