“ Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. ”
Let not his men be few - literally, “a number,” i. e., “a small number,” such as could be easily counted (compare Genesis 34:30 note). While the verse promises that the tribe shall endure and p...
Let (f) Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few. (f) Reuben will be one of the tribes of God's people, though for his sin his honour is diminished, and his family but small.
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-...
Reuben. For the order of the tribes see App-45. live, and not die. Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6) for emphasis, reversing Genesis 49:3 ; Genesis 49:4 . let not. The word "not" is right...
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. Let Reuben live, and not die - Though his life and his blessings have been forfeited by his transgression with his father's concubine, Gen...
Ver. 6. Let Reuben, &c.— Moses speaks immediately of Reuben, without prefacing, as he does of the other tribes before their respective parts; the reason of which I imagine to be, that the o...
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. Let Reuben live, and not die. Although deprived of the honour and privileges of primogeniture, he was still to hold rank as one of th...
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...
Let Reuben live, and not die. — “‘Live’ in this world.” says Rashi, “and ‘not die’ in the world to come.” That his misdeed should not be remembered ( Genesis 35:22 ). Rashi also notices the juxtapo...
(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...
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...
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...
It is remarkable that Moses begins with Israel's eldest son. By birthright, no doubt, this was his privilege. Yet he had forfeited it. See Genesis 49:3-4 . It is hardly possible to consider the fami...
Let Reuben live, and not die ,.... As a tribe, continue and not be extinct, though they should not excel, because of the sin of their progenitor; and it may have a special regard to the preservation...
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few. Ver. 6. Let Reuben live, and not die. ] Let him have a nail and a name in God's house, notwithstanding the heinousness of his sin, and t...
Let Reuben live, and not die Though Reuben deserve to be cut off, or greatly diminished and obscured, according to Jacob's prediction, ( Genesis 49:4 ,) yet God will spare them, and give them a nam...
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...
6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, L ORD , the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his ha...
Though Reuben deserve to be cut off, or greatly diminished and obscured, according to Jacob's prediction, Genesis 49:4 ; yet God will spare them, and give them a name and portion among the tribes...
Deuteronomy 33:6 “Let Reuben live, and not die; And let his men be few (literally, ‘may his men be a number').” The first to be dealt with is the firstborn Reuben. Reuben's future was destined...
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 33:1 . 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 Reuben live, and not die. Reuben The name of Reuben stands first in the blessing of Moses, but this recognition of his natural place among the tribes is almost sadder in its suggestiveness...
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...
Genesis 49:3 ; Genesis 49:4 ; Genesis 49:8 ; Joshua 22:1-9 ; Numbers 32:31 ; Numbers 32:32
Let Reuben live — Though Reuben deserve to be cut off or greatly diminished and obscured, according to Jacob's prediction, Genesis 49:4 , yet God will spare them and give them a name and portion a...