Deuteronomy 33

Deuteronomy 33:2

The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of his saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

God, like a glorious sun, imparted his beams unto Israel; beginning his course at their first entering into the wilderness, and rising still up to them by the proof of his goodness, in their passage through the land of Edom: he shined forth brightly, as at noon-day, to them, when he blessed the elders of Israel with a large measure of his Spirit; and he guarded his people with ten thousands of his powerful angels; in whose attendance he did, in fire, deliver his law majestically and terribly to Israel.

Deuteronomy 33:3

All his saints are in thy hand: and they sate down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

O God, all thy holy and chosen people are in thy safe and blessed protection: they attended upon thee, at the foot of the mount Sinai; and, with awe and reverence, received the words of thy law, which thou spakest unto them.

Deuteronomy 33:5

He was king in Jeshurun.

Moses was the prince and governor of Israel.

Deuteronomy 33:7

And bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him.

Bring him home from his wars with victory and peace: let

Deuteronomy 33:8

Let thy Urim and thy Thummim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove in Massah.

Be gracious to the tribe of Levi; and furnish thou thy high priest, whom thou hast chosen out of it, with those excellent graces, which thou hast figured in his breast-plate, with perfection of knowledge and sanctity. Thus do thou bless the son of that thy servant Aaron, whom thou providst at Massah, &c.

Deuteronomy 33:12

He shall dwell between his shoulders.

God shall take up his dwelling in that chief city, which, in part, pertaineth to the tribe of Benjamin, even the holy city Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 33:13

For the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath.

For the dew, that falleth from above; and for the watersprings, that fruiten his plants from below.

Deuteronomy 33:14

And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious fruits put forth by the moon.

And for those precious fruits, which are brought forth by the warmth of the sun-beams, and by the kindly moisture of the night, and by the influence of the moon.

Deuteronomy 33:15

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, &c.

And for those choice fruits, which ripen best upon the mountains; those eminent mountains, which have so continued ever since their first creation, and are now famous in the inheritance of Joseph.

Deuteronomy 33:16

For the good will of him that dwelt in the bush.

For the gracious favour and benediction of that God, who appeared to me in that bush, which consumed not.

Deuteronomy 33:17

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 Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

The tribe of Ephraim shall be glorious and lusty, full of beauty and courage, like to a fair young bullock in his best strength; and his power shall be great and unresistible, wherewith he shall conquer far-remote nations. Lo, thus successful and victorious shall be both the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, but especially Ephraim, who shall exceed his brother no less than ten degrees.

Deuteronomy 33:18

Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and Issachar, in thy tents.

Much cause of joy mayst thou have, O Zebulun, in all thy goings out, whether for traffic or for war; and thou, Issachar, his elder brother, in thy quiet habitations at home. H 2

Deuteronomy 33:20

He dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

Gad shall dwell commodiously for spoiling his enemies; of whom he shall make his prey, like to a strong fierce lion, which teareth the head from the shoulders of that beast, which he seizeth upon.

Deuteronomy 33:21

And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, he was seated.

He made a wise and early provision for himself, in planting himself on this side Jordan, in that portion, which, upon his suit, was allotted him by the ruler and lawgiver of Israel.

Deuteronomy 33:22

Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

Dan shall fly upon his enemies, like some fell and fierce young lion, that is bred in the mountain of Bashan.

Deuteronomy 33:24

Let him dip his foot in oil.

He shall dwell in a rich soil, and shall abound with the plenty of all earthly blessings.

Deuteronomy 33:25

Thy shoes shall be iron and brass.

The earth, whereon thou shalt tread, shall be stored with all useful metals, as iron and brass, and the like of those kinds.