American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 33:3
3Yea, he loveth the people;All his saints are in thy hand:And they sat down at thy feet;Every oneshall receive of thy words.
Deuteronomy 33:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
- New International Version (NIV)Surely it is you who love the people; all the holy ones are in your hand. At your feet they all bow down, and from you receive instruction,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand; so they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, He loves the people; All His saints are in Your hand; They sit down at Your feet; Everyone receives Your words.
Context of Deuteronomy 33:3
1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them. Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; Every oneshall receive of thy words. 4Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. 5And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
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אַ֚ף חֹבֵ֣ב עַמִּ֔ים כָּל־קְדֹשָׁ֖יו בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְהֵם֙ תֻּכּ֣וּ לְרַגְלֶ֔ךָ יִשָּׂ֖א מִדַּבְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 33:3
- Deuteronomy 7:7Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
- Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
- Psalms 47:4He chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. [Selah
- Psalms 147:19He showeth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.
- Jeremiah 31:3Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
- Hosea 11:1When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
- Malachi 1:2I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
- Romans 9:11for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,
- Ephesians 2:4but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
- 1 John 4:19We love, because he first loved us.
- Deuteronomy 7:6For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
- Psalms 31:15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
- Psalms 50:5Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
- Jeremiah 32:40and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
- John 10:28and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Yea, he loved the people - This is the inference which Moses makes from those glorious appearances, that God truly loved the people; and that all his saints, קדשיו kedoshaiv, the people whom he had consecrated to himself, were under his especial benediction; and that in order to make them a holy nation, God had displayed his glory on Mount Sinai, where they had fallen prostrate at his feet with the humblest adoration, sincerely promising the most…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3“The people” are the twelve tribes, not the Gentiles; and his saints refer to God‘s chosen people just before spoken of. Compare Deuteronomy 7:18, Deuteronomy 7:21; Exodus 19:6; Daniel 7:8-21.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3In covenant settings, to love often means "to choose." The Lord truly loves his people. But in this context, it means that he chose them as his special possession (4:20). Your hand: This phrase uses a picture to show safety. It means that Israel, called his holy ones, was secure in the Lord’s care. his steps: To follow the Lord means "to live as he teaches and to go where he leads." It describes a way of life that matches his ways. Your words: This refers…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
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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
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