Deuteronomy 33:6-29 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:10

They shall teach Jacob thy statutes, and Israel thy law ,.... The priests and Levites, being dispersed among each of the tribes, having cities in them allotted to them, taught the people the laws, statutes, and ordinances of the Lord, moral, civil, and ceremonial, see Malachi 2:6 , they shall put incense before thee ; upon the altar of incense, which none but a priest might do, as the case of Uzziah shows; and which, the Jews say F11 T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 26. 1. , he might do but... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:11

Bless, Lord, his substance ,.... Which lay in tithes, firstfruits, &c.; for the priests and Levites had no share in the division of the land; unless this can be understood of the cities and suburbs which were given them, or of houses and fields devoted, which fell unto them, or rather of their cattle, for the use of which they had suburbs appointed them; for otherwise in husbandry and merchandise they were not employed: some render it "an host" or army F12 חילו "copiis ejus",... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:12

And of Benjamin he said ,.... The tribe of Benjamin, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; which is taken notice of next to Levi, because, as the priesthood was in the tribe of Levi, the temple in which the priests officiated was in the tribe of Benjamin, or near it; and is observed next but one to Judah, and before his elder brother Joseph, because his tribe lay between Judah and Joseph, Joshua 18:11 ; and Levi having no inheritance in the land: the beloved of the Lord shall... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:13

And of Joseph he said ,.... The tribe of Joseph, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: blessed of the Lord be his land ; as the lands inherited by his sons were extremely fruitful, the countries of lead and Bashan by Manasseh, and the fields of Samaria by Ephraim: Jarchi says,"there was not in the inheritance of the tribes a land so full of all good things as the land of Joseph;'typical of the church of Christ, the antitypical Joseph, which abounds with all good things through him,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:14

And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun ,.... Which has a wonderful influence upon many and most of the fruits of the earth, to produce them out of their seeds in it, to bring them forward, to ripen and perfect them, and to make them rich and excellent. Jarchi says,"the land of Joseph lay open to the sun, and it sweetened the fruits of it;'it improved them, and made them more valuable; and this is spiritually true of Christ the sun of righteousness, to whose influence are... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:15

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains ,.... Which were from the beginning of the world, and for which the land, possessed by the children of Joseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim, were famous; as the mountains of Gilead and Bashan, inherited by the former, and Mount Ephraim, and the mountains of Samaria, by the latter; which produced, besides great quantities of grass and corn, also vines, figs, olives, &c.; and for the precious things of the lasting hills ; which will endure as... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:16

And for the precious things of the earth, and fulness thereof ,.... Corn of all sorts produced out of the earth, and grass that grows out of it, and cattle that feed upon it; for all which some part of the land of Joseph, particularly Bashan, was famous; as for the oaks that grew on it, so for the pasturage of it, and the cattle it bred, Deuteronomy 32:14 ; see Psalm 22:12 , and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush ; the angel of the Lord, the Word and Son of God, who... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:17

His glory is like the firstling of his bullock ,.... Such as were in Bashan, a country possessed by the posterity of Joseph, see Psalm 22:12 ; and so might be called "his" bullock, or a young bull, was reckoned both comely and majestic; so Menis or Mnevis, king of Egypt, preferred a bull above all animals to be worshipped, because the most beautiful of all, as Aelianus F23 Hist. Animal. l. 11. c. 10. relates; and Astarte, according to Sanchoniatho F24 Apud Euseb. Evangel.... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:18

And of Zebulun he said ,.... The tribe of Zebulun, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, with whom Issachar is joined, they being brethren, and of the same mother as well as father; though Zebulun the youngest is set before Issachar the older, as in Jacob's blessing, Genesis 49:13 , rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out ; in their going out to sea, to merchandise, to traffic in foreign parts, it being a maritime tribe, see Genesis 49:13 ; and so are called upon to rejoice and be... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:19

They shall call the people unto the mountain ,.... To the mountain of the house of the sanctuary, as all the three Targums; to the temple built on a mountain, which Moses by a spirit of prophecy foresaw would be, to which the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar would not only come up themselves, though at the more distant parts of the land; but call and urge others, both Israelites and Gentiles, to do the same, partly by their example, and partly by persuasions and arguments; not the tribes of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:19

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