Genesis 49:3; Genesis 49:4; Genesis 49:8; Joshua 22:1-9; Numbers 32:31; Numbers 32:32
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 th...
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...
Deuteronomy 33. The Blessing of Moses. Of this poem (quite unconnected with the context) the following statements may be made: ( a) It was compose...
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 ;...
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 h...
Ver. 6. Let Reuben, &c.— Moses speaks immediately of Reuben, without prefacing, as he does of the other tribes before their respective part...
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 pri...
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,...
Reuben is the eldest of the sons of Jacob. There is a difficulty in the second half of this v., in which AV has inserted a negative not in the origin...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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 4...
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; an...
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,...
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...
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:...
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 o...
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,...
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 t...
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...
Deuteronomy 33:1 . Moses blessed Israel. Moses, like Jacob, died distinctly blessing the tribes of Israel, and finished his course in a manner wor...
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...
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 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...
Let Reuben live and not die, and let [not] his men be few. Reuben had forfeited his right of the first-born, Genesis 49:3-4 , and while his tribe di...
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...
6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.