Deuteronomy 33:4

Deuteronomy 33:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
• New International Version (NIV)the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
• English Standard Version (ESV)when Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moses commanded a law for us, A heritage of the congregation of Jacob.

Context of Deuteronomy 33:4

2He said, “The Lord came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came from among ten thousand holy ones; At His right hand was a flaming fire, a law, for them. 3Indeed, He loves His people; All Your holy ones are in Your hand. They followed in Your steps; They accept and receive direction from You. Moses commanded us with a law, As a possession for the assembly of Jacob. 5The Lord was King in Jeshurun (Israel), When the heads of the people were gathered, The tribes of Israel together. 6“May [the tribe of] Reuben live and not die out, But let his men be few.”

Deuteronomy 33:4 word by word

תּוֹרָ֥ה צִוָּה־לָ֖נוּ מֹשֶׁ֑ה מוֹרָשָׁ֖ה קְהִלַּ֥ת יַעֲקֹֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• us a lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• the inheritanceמוֹרָשָׁהmôrâshâh · possessionH4181
• of the congregationקְהִלָּהqehillâh · assemblyH6952
• of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 33:4

• John 1:17For the Law was given through Moses, but grace [the unearned, undeserved favor of God] and truth came through Jesus Christ.
• John 7:19“Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law. Why do you want to kill Me [for not keeping it]?”
• Deuteronomy 9:26Then I prayed to the Lord and said, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought from Egypt with a mighty hand.
• Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4of Jacob: The Hebrew probably uses Jacob because the tribes descended from Jacob’s 12 sons are here listed by name as recipients of God’s blessing (33:6–25; compare Genesis 49:1–28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. The Lord came--Under a beautiful metaphor, borrowed from the dawn and progressive splendor of the sun, the Majesty of God is sublimely described as a divine light which appeared in Sinai and scattered its beams on all the adjoining region in directing Israel's march to Canaan. In these descriptions of a theophania, God is represented as coming from the south, and the allusion is in general to the thunderings and lightnings of Sinai; but other…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 33:4

• Death
• Law
• Theocracy

In the dictionaries

• Jacob
• Moses
• Jacob, Israel
• Abundance
• Accept
• Bless
• Blessing
• Couch
• Dip
• Drops

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings