申命記 33:6-11 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:6-7

Here is, I. The blessing of Reuben. Though Reuben had lost the honour of his birthright, yet Moses begins with him; for we should not insult over those that are disgraced, nor desire to perpetuate marks of infamy upon any, though ever so justly fastened at first, Deut. 33:6. Moses desires and foretels, 1. The preserving of this tribe. Though a frontier tribe on the other side Jordan, yet, ?Let it live, and not be either ruined by its neighbours or lost among them.? And perhaps he refers to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:8-11

In blessing the tribe of Levi, Moses expresses himself more at large, not so much because it was his own tribe (for he takes no notice of his relation to it) as because it was God's tribe. The blessing of Levi has reference. I. To the high priest, here called God's holy one (Deut. 33:8), because his office was holy, in token of which, Holiness to the Lord was written upon his forehead. 1. He seems to acknowledge that God might justly have displaced Aaron and his seed, for his sin at Meribah,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:6

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; and it may have a special regard to the preservation of them, of their families on the other side Jordan, while they passed over it with their brethren into Canaan, and of them in that expedition to help the other tribes in the conquest of the country and the settlement of them in it; which Jacob by a spirit of prophecy foresaw, and in a prayer of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:7

And this is the blessing of Judah ,.... Which follows; the same supplement of the words is made in the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; but Aben Ezra thinks it refers to what goes before, that this, the same thing prayed for or prophesied of Reuben, belongs also to Judah, that he should live and not die; it may be in the wars in which that tribe would be and was engaged: and he said, hear, Lord, the voice of Judah ; in prayer, as all the Targums paraphrase it, which was eminently... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:8

And of Levi he said ,.... That is, Moses said of the tribe of Levi, as both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy Holy One ; with Aaron, as the same Targums interpret it, who was of the tribe of Levi, and was a holy good man, a saint of the Lord, as he is called, Psalm 106:16 ; of the Urim and Thummim, which were with him and with every high priest; see Gill on Exodus 28:30 ; and though they were not in use under the second temple, yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:9

Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him ,.... Which some understand of the high priests who were of this tribe, and according to the law were not to defile themselves, or mourn for a father or mother, Leviticus 21:11 ; or rather, as others, of their having no respect to them in judgment, but determining all causes that came before them according to the law of God, and the rules of justice and equity, in the most impartial manner, without having any regard to the... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 33:6

Let Reuben live, and not die - Though his life and his blessings have been forfeited by his transgression with his father's concubine, Genesis 49:3 , Genesis 49:4 ; and in his rebellion with Korah, Numbers 16:1-3 , etc., let him not become extinct as a tribe in Israel. "It is very usual," says Mr. Ainsworth, "in the Scripture, to set down things of importance and earnestness, by affirmation of the one part, and denial of the other; Isaiah 38:1 ; : Thou shalt die, and not live; ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 33:7

And this is the blessing of Judah - Though the word blessing is not in the text, yet it may be implied from Deuteronomy 33:1 ; but probably the words, he spake, are those which should be supplied: And this he spake of Judah, Lord, hear the voice of Judah; that is, says the Targum, receive his prayer when he goes out to battle, and let him be brought back in safety to his own people. Let his hands be sufficient for him - let him have a sufficiency of warriors always to support the tribe,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:6-7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:8-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 33:9

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 33:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 33:7

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