Deuteronomy 33:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. ”

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, “Blessed above the sons” (i. e. of Jacob-most blessed among the sons of Jacob) “be Asher; let him he the favored one of his brethren,” i. e., the one favored of God. The plenty with which t...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - 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-...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Asher. Compare Genesis 49:20 . dip his foot in oil. Oil found there when water failed. See 1 Kings 17:9 , and compare Joshua 19:24-28 .
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Let Asher be blessed with children - Let him have a numerous post...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 24, 25. And of Asher he said — Moses prophesies, that the Asherites would be numerous; and wishes that there might always be a perfect harmony between them and the rest of the Israelites. H...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed. The same play upon th...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - 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...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let Asher be blessed with children. — It can be translated “more blessed than all sons.” Rashi quotes an old saying, “You will not find among all the tribes one so blest with children as Asher, and...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - 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...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - 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...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - 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...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Asher's blessing, is one of the general blessings of all the spiritual seed of Israel. As the day of GOD'S people is, so shall be their strength. Once known, and they must be acceptable to the brethr...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And of Asher he said ,.... The tribe of Asher, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: [let] Asher [be] blessed with children ; with large numbers, as it appears this tribe was, having in it 53,...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And of Asher he said, [Let] Asher [be] blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Ver. 24. Let Asher be blessed with children. ] Let his wife be...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let Asher Who carries blessedness in his very name; be blessed with children He shall have numerous, strong, and healthful children. Acceptable to his brethren By his sweet disposition and winn...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - 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...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the L ORD : possess t...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He shall have numerous, and those strong, and healthful, and comely, children. Or, shall be blessed or praised of or above the sons , i.e. the other sons of Israel, or his brethren, as it here follo...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24-25 And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with children (or ‘above the children'); Let him be acceptable to his brethren (or ‘the favoured among his brethren'), And let hi...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - 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...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - 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...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Let Asher be blessed. Asher “Asher” signifies “happiness,” or “prosperity,” and was given by Leah to the son of her handmaid Zilpah, in token of the joy which this new gift of God had brought t...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - 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...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - 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...
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 7:10 ; Exodus 12:10 ; Genesis 49:20 ; Job 29:6 ; Proverbs 3:3 ; Proverbs 3:4 ; Psalms 115:15 ; Psalms 128:3 ; Psalms 128:6 ; Romans 14:18 ; Romans 15:31
Deuteronomy 33:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let Asher — Who carries blessedness in his very name, be blessed with children — He shall have numerous, strong and healthful children. Acceptable to his brethren — By his sweet disposition and win...

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 33:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 33:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 33:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 33:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes