Deuteronomy 33:24

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.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 compose...
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 bl...
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 harm...
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...
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,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The first clause should probably read, 'Blessed above sons be Asher.' Northern Galilee has always been distinguished for the cultivation of the olive...
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 t...
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...
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 seaboa...
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...
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. Onc...
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 numbe...
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...
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...
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:...
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, a...
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...
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 (o...
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...
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 wor...
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 o...
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 to...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children, or, more fortunate than the sons, exceptionally blessed: let him be acceptable to his bret...
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...
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...

²⁴ 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.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 33:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 33:24