申命記 33:23 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:23

Naphtali's goodly choice. Naphtali's position was in the north of Canaan, and had its southern border adjacent to the sea of Galilee. A large proportion of our Lord's ministrations were bestowed on the inhabitants within this district. Obviously the heads of this tribe in Moses' day aspired after the best possessions. I. WE OBSERVE HERE THE BEST HUMAN AMBITION , "Satisfied with favor." It is scarcely conjecture that imports into Moses' words the meaning, "the favor of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 33:23

Satisfied with favor - Compare Genesis 49:21 and note.The west and the south - i. e., taking the words as referring not to geographical position but to natural characteristics, “the sea and the sunny district.” The possession of Naphtali included nearly the whole west coast of the Sea of Galilee, the Lake of Merom, the modern Bahr el Hulch, and the well watered district near the springs of Jordan. It contained some of the grandest scenery and some of the most fertile land in Palestine. Josephus... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 33:23

Deuteronomy 33:23. Satisfied with favour With the favour of God. That only is the favour that satisfies the soul. They are happy indeed that have the favour of God; and they shall have it that place their satisfaction in it. And full with the blessing of the Lord Not only with corn, wine, and oil, the fruit of the blessing, but with the blessing itself, the grace of God, according to his promise and covenant. Possess thou the west and the south Or, the sea and the south, as the Hebrew... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:1-29

The blessing of Moses (32:48-33:29)As God had announced earlier, the time for Moses to die had come (48-52; see Numbers 27:12-14). The prophetic blessings that he gave Israel before he died foresaw the favours that God would give the various tribes. But first Moses recalled the giving of the law at Sinai. God appeared in flaming majesty, bursting forth in glory brighter than the rising sun. Accompanying him were multitudes of heavenly servants who carry out God’s purposes in the lives of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 33:23

Naphtali. Compare Genesis 49:21 , and Joshua 19:32-39 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 33:23

BLESSING OF NAPHTALI (Deuteronomy 33:23)"And of Naphtali he said,O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,And full with the blessing of Jehovah,Possess thou the west and the south.""The west and the south" may be presumably the western and southern portions of Palestine, but Palestine is not mentioned here; and, as one observer noted, `There's not a place on earth which cannot be described as the `west' and the `south,' provided the appropriate point of reference is selected!" Again, the generality of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 33:23

Ver. 23. And of Naphtali he said— Jacob appears to have promised the Naphtalites a delightful country, under the image of a fine spreading tree. And here Moses predicts, in clear terms, that their portion would answer to that figurative description, and withal points out where it would be situated in the Land of Promise; namely, in the country afterwards called Galilee, a part of which fell to the lot of this tribe, and which is allowed to have been extremely fertile. See Genesis 15:21.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 33:23

23. of Naphtali he said—The pleasant and fertile territory of this tribe lay to "the west," on the borders of lakes Merom and Chinnereth, and to "the south" of the northern Danites. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 33:1-29

D. Moses’ blessing of the tribes ch. 33After receiving this announcement of his death, and as one of his final official acts as Israel’s leader, Moses pronounced a prophetic blessing on the tribes of Israel (cf. Jacob’s blessing of the tribes in Genesis 49)."In the ancient Near East, a dying father’s final blessings spoken to his sons were an irrevocable legal testament, accepted as decisive evidence in court disputes. In the case of the Biblical patriarchs, the authority and potency of their... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 33:6-25

The arrangement of the tribes in this blessing is unusual. Kalland provided a chart of six lists of the tribes that appear in Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua, each of which contains a different order. [Note: Kalland, p. 222.] Evidently God based this list on a combination of the past and future histories of each tribe.Reuben (Deuteronomy 33:6) was the first-born but did not enjoy greatness among the tribes because of his sin. He lost his father’s birthright and blessing.Judah... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 33:23

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 33:23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:1-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 33:23

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 33:23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 33:23

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 33:23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 33:1-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 33:6-25

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