Deuteronomy 33:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. ”

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He was king - i. e., not Moses but the Lord became king.
Deuteronomy 33:5 - 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 33:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He . Jehovah, from Deuteronomy 33:2 . See the Structure, above. Jeshurun. See note on Deuteronomy 32:15 . were gathered together . gathered themselves together.
Deuteronomy 33:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Deuteronomy 33:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 5. And he was king in Jeshurun, &c.— DURELL. Dr. Kennicott endeavours to shew the great inconsistency of making Moses the speaker of the passage as it stands in our version. Aware of...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. And he was king in Jeshurun. On "Jeshurun" as a designation of Israel, see Deuteron...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - 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 33:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4,5) “[Of] the law which Moses commanded us, The inheritance of the congregation of Jacob, When he (Moses) was king in Jeshurun, In the gathering of the heads of the people, The tribes of Israel t...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - 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 33:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Blessing of the Chosen People Deuteronomy 33:1-17 The glorious nature of God is the opening theme here. The reference is to the giving of the Law when, amid fire and the mediation of angels...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - 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 33:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If Moses be meant here as the king of Jeshurun, we may admire the modesty of the man. He never assumed the title himself; he did not affect to be called so; and seemed to be not anxious to preserve h...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he was king in Jeshurun ,.... That is, in Israel, or over the people of Israel, of which name of theirs, Deuteronomy 32:15 ; either God, as Jarchi; for the government of the Israelites was a th...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were gathered together. Ver. 5. And he was king in Jeshurun. ] A heroic king, reigning by virtue and justice on...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And Or, for, he was king Not indeed in title, but, in reality, being under God their supreme governor and lawgiver; and therefore, by his authority, required them to observe these laws. When the...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - 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 33:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Moses's Blessing on Israel. B. C. 1451. 1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses th...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Moses was their king, not in title, but in reality, being under God their supreme and uncontrollable governor and lawgiver: though the word oft signifies only a prince or chief ruler , as Judges...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:4-5 “Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel t...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - 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 33:5 - 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 33:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

This is the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death. The blessing of the tribes The many successive “blessings” of Israel were a necessary cons...
Deuteronomy 33:5 - 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 33:5 - 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 33:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Exodus 18:16 ; Exodus 18:19 ; Genesis 36:31 ; Judges 17:6 ; Judges 8:22 ; Judges 9:2 ; Numbers 16:13-15
Deuteronomy 33:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He was king in Jeshurun — Moses was their king not in title, but in reality, being under God, their supreme governor, and law giver. Gathered together — When the princes and people met together for...

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 33:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 33:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 33:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 33:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes