Deuteronomy 33:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. ”

• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  i. e., Blessed be God who shall grant to Gad a spacious territory. Compare the blessing of Shem Genesis 9:26 . With the crown - Rather, yea, the crown. The warlike character of this tribe is s...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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-...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  with . likewise, or, yea.

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  20. And of Gad he said. In the blessing of the tribe of Gad, mention is only made of the hereditary portion, which it had obtained without casting of lots. He therefore celebrates the blessi...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad - As deliverance out of distress is ter...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 20, 21. And of Gad he said — This warlike tribe, having applied to Moses for the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and obtained it, is not improperly compared by him to a lion restin...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. Of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad - either exten...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - 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 h...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad. — The mountains of Gilead shut him in. He dwelleth as a lion. — See 1 Chronicles 12:8 , for eleven Gadites, “whose faces were as the faces of lions.”

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  (B) THE BLESSING OF MOSES Deuteronomy 33:1-29 Besides the farewell speeches and the farewell song, we have in this chapter yet another closing utterance attributed to Moses. Here, as in the cas...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Israel's Happy Future Promised Deuteronomy 33:18-29 Zebulun and Issachar, sons of Leah, were neighbors in Canaan, and, being on the seaboard, became wealthy by commerce. The calling of the...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - 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. Fi...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  It was said of Gad, by Jacob his Father, that a troop should overcome him, but that he should overcome at the last. Genesis 49:19 . And is not Gad, a figure of all GOD'S people, who are variously ex...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And of Gad he said ,.... The tribe of Gad, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: blessed [be] he that enlargeth Gad ; that is, the Lord, to whom the praise and glory were to be given, who had...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And of Gad he said, Blessed [be] he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. Ver. 20. He dwelleth as a lion. ] That should make his party good wit...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad That bringeth him out of his straits and troubles, which he was often engaged in, because he was encompassed with potent enemies. As a lion Safe and secure from h...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - L. 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 messag...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.   19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousne...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  By praising God for enlarging Gad he supposeth the ground of these praises, that God would enlarge Gad, i.e. either. 1. Enlarge his territories; which seems needless, because they had a very larg...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Deuteronomy 33:20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he who enlarges Gad: He dwells as a lioness, And tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head. And he provides the first part for himself,...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - 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...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - 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 omitte...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad. Gad We are able to form a more than usually distinct idea of the personal character which pertained to Gad, and which he transmitted to his descendants. Script...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 an...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 pe...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 12:37 ; 1 Chronicles 12:38 ; 1 Chronicles 12:8 ; 1 Chronicles 12:8-14 ; 1 Chronicles 4:10 ; 1 Chronicles 5:18-21 ; Genesis 9:26 ; Genesis 9:27 ; Joshua 13:10 ; Joshua 13:24-28...

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• Deuteronomy 33:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Enlargeth — That bringeth him out of his straits amid troubles, which he was often engaged in, because he was encompassed with potent enemies. As a lion — Safe and secure from his enemies, and terr...

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