Deuteronomy 33:4

Ver. 4. Moses commanded us a law, &c.— He commanded as a law, To be the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 33:4

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Moses commanded us a law, [even] the (e) inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. (e) To us and our successors.
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

congregation . assembly.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 Moses commanded us a law. What he had declared respecting the glory of God, and the excellency of the Law, he now applies to his own perso...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and...
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

This v. may be interpolated. Moses could hardly have written it himself. The superscription in Habakkuk 3:1 seems also to indicate that a later wri...
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...
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

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 t...
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

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 cal...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Moses commanded us a law ,.... The law was of God, it came forth from his right hand, Deuteronomy 33:2 ; it is of his enacting, a declaration of hi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Moses commanded us a law, [even] the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. Ver. 4. Moses commanded us a law. ] These are the words of those sa...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Moses commanded us a law Moses has been thought by some to speak this of himself, in the third person, because he intended the contents of this cha...
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

Moses's Blessing on Israel. B. C. 1451. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Moses speaks this of himself in the third person, which is very usual in the Hebrew language. The law is called their inheritance, partly because t...
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...
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

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 succ...
The Biblical Illustrator

From His right hand went a fiery law for them. Yea, He loved the people. The law of antagonism At first sight the text might seem to involve a...
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

Moses, who here enters into the spirit of his blessing so thoroughly as to place himself entirely upon the standpoint of the people, commanded us a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 9:26-29 ; John 1:17 ; John 7:19 ; Psalms 119:111 ; Psalms 119:72
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Moses — He speaks this of himself in the third person, which is very usual in the Hebrew language. The law is called their inheritance, because the...

⁴ Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 33:4

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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 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 33:4