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 appeared to them from Seir; he shone on them from Mount Paran and came with ten thousand holy ones, with lightning from his right hand for them. 3Indeed he loves the people. All your holy ones are in your hand, and they assemble at your feet. Each receives your words. Moses gave us instruction, a possession for the assembly of Jacob. 5So he became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered with the tribes of Israel. 6Let Reuben live and not die though his people become 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; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
• John 7:19Didn’t Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”
• Deuteronomy 9:26I prayed to the Lord: Lord God, do not annihilate your people, your inheritance, whom you redeemed through your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.
• Psalms 119:72Instruction from your lips is better for 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