申命記 33:1-6 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:1-29

EXPOSITION The blessing consists of a series of benedictions on the several tribes ( Deuteronomy 33:6-25 ), preceded by an introduction ( Deuteronomy 33:1-5 ), and followed by a conclusion ( Deuteronomy 33:26-29 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:2

And he said. Here begin the words of Moses. He commences by depicting the majesty of Jehovah as he appeared to Israel when he came to make the covenant with them and give them his Law. The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them, etc. Seir is the mountain land of Edom to the cast of Sinai. Mount Paran is probably the range of lofty hills which form the southern boundary of the Promised Land to the north of the desert of Et-Tih. These places are not mentioned as scenes of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:2

A fiery Law. The fieriness of the Law, significant: 1. Of the holiness from which the Law emanated. 2. Of the fiery sanctions by which it is guarded. 3. Of the threatening aspect which it wears to sinners. 4. Of the purifying effects which it exerts in the hearts and consciences of believers.—J.O. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:3

Yea, he loved the people. The proper rendering is, he loveth peoples ( עַמִּים ). This is generally understood of the tribes of Israel; but some would understand it of nations in general, on the ground that such is the proper meaning of the word, as in Deuteronomy 32:8 and other places. A reference to nations at large, however, would seem incongruous here; and the use of the word in relation to Israel in such passages as Genesis 28:3 ; 5:14 ; Isaiah 3:13 ; Hoe. Isaiah 10:14 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:3

God's saints. 1. Their happiness— loved of God. 2. Their safety— in God's hand. 3. Their attitude— sitting at God's feet—at the feet of God's Son ( Luke 10:3 , Luke 10:9 ). The receiving to be of the practical kind of hiding God's words in the heart, and going on to put them in practice ( Matthew 13:23 ).—J.O. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:4

Moses here, identifying himself with the people, uses the third person, and includes himself among those to whom the Law was given; cf. Psalms 20:1-9 ; Psalms 21:1-13 ; where David not only speaks of himself in the third person, but addresses such prayers for himself as could only be offered by the people for their king (cf. also 5:12 , 5:15 ; Habakkuk 3:19 ). Even the inheritance of the congregation. The "even," which the translators of the Authorized Version have inserted here,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:5

Some refer this to Moses, but Moses was never recognized as king in Israel: he "was faithful in all his house as a servant" ( Hebrews 3:5 ); but Jehovah alone was King ( Exodus 15:18 ; Psalms 47:6 , Psalms 47:7 ). Jeshurun (cf. Deuteronomy 32:5 ). The gathering together refers to the assembling of the people at Sinai, when Jehovah came forth as their King to give them his Law. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:6

And let not his men be few. The negative, though not expressed in the Hebrew, is to be carried into this clause from the preceding. Though the rights of primogeniture had been withdrawn from Reuben, and Jacob had declared that he should not excel, Moses here assures the tribe of continuance, and even prosperity. Their number was not to be small; which was, perhaps, said to comfort them, in view of the fact that their numbers had greatly diminished in the course of their wanderings in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:6

The blessing of Reuben; or, life impoverished through ancestral sins. For a blessing, there seems something unusually weak in that pronounced on Reuben. Continuance—a preservation from being blotted out of existence—is all that the man of God seems to hope or expect from him. The English reader may wonder to see that the word "not" is in italics, as not being in the Hebrew, but supplied by the translators. It is, however, wisely done in this case, as will be seen if the reader will put... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:6

A prayer for the firstborn. The personal character of Reuben had not been exemplary. His salient features were coarse. Moral qualities were entailed to posterity; and the tribe, generation after generation, occupied a low place in the history of the nation. Nothing noble seems ever to have been achieved by it. I. PRIORITY OF PLACE DOES NOT ENSURE NOBLENESS OF CHARACTER . Reuben was, in Jacob's household, first in the order of time, but not first in native dignity.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:1-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:6

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