“ Thy shoese shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. ”
The strength and firmness of Asher is as if he were shod with iron and brass (compare Revelation 1:15 ). The territory of this tribe probably contained iron and copper. Compare the marginal refere...
Thy shoes [shall be] (q) iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be]. (q) You will be strong or, your country full of metal. It seems that Simeon is left out, because he was under...
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-...
shoes . under thy shoes, as Authorized Version margin, i.e. above the ground, olives and oil; beneath, iron and copper. Refers to rich ores. as thy days . as the length of thy days (not "day", as...
DISCOURSE: 241 STRENGTH ACCORDING TO OUR DAYS Deuteronomy 33:25 . As thy days, so shall thy strength be . PREVIOUS to his departure from them, Moses pronounced a blessing on all the tribes of I...
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be . Thy shoes shall be iron and brass - Some suppose this may refer to the iron and copper mines in their territory; bu...
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...
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. Shoes shall be iron and brass. These shoes suited his rocky coast from Carmel to Sidon. Country people, as well a...
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...
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass. — Perhaps we should rather read, thy bars shall be iron and brass. The word here rendered “shoes” in the Authorised Version does not occur elsewhere. The neares...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
STRENGTH FOR DAILY NEED ‘As thy days, so shall thy strength be.’ Deuteronomy 33:25 I. God does not say that in every day He will secure us, but for ‘thy days’ the provision shall be made....
Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass ,.... Either they should have such an abundance of these metals, that they could if they would have made their shoes of them; but that is not usual; though it is...
Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be]. Ver. 25. Thy shoes. ] Thou shalt have store of mines. And as thy days shall thy strength be, ] i.e., Thou...
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass They must have had great plenty of both these metals before they could make, or rather adorn their shoes with them, as was the custom among some nations. But we ma...
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...
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...
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass: this may note either, 1. Their great strength, by which they should be able to tread down and crush their enemies, as Christ's feet for this very reason are sai...
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...
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 33:25 There are times when Christian men and women will distress themselves with depressing speculations as to the various situations and predicaments in which God's providence may pos...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:13 ; 2 Chronicles 16:9 ; 2 Corinthians 12:10 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9 ; Colossians 1:11 ; Deuteronomy 8:9 ; Ephesians 6:10 ; Ephesians 6:15 ; Isaiah 40:29 ; Isaiah 41:10 ; Luk...
Iron and brass — The mines of iron and copper, which were in their portion, whence Sidon their neighbor was famous among the Heathens for its plenty of brass, and Sarepta is thought to have its nam...