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Deuteronomy 33:5
5So he became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered with the tribes of Israel.
Deuteronomy 33:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
- New International Version (NIV)He was king over Jeshurun when the leaders of the people assembled, along with the tribes of Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus the Lord became king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And He was King in Jeshurun, When the leaders of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
Context of Deuteronomy 33:5
3Indeed he loves the people. All your holy ones are in your hand, and they assemble at your feet. Each receives your words. 4Moses gave us instruction, a possession for the assembly of Jacob. So 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. 7He said this about Judah: Lord, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people. He fights for his cause with his own hands, but may you be a help against his foes.
Read all of Deuteronomy 33Deuteronomy 33:5 word by word
וַיְהִ֥י בִישֻׁר֖וּן מֶ֑לֶךְ בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙ רָ֣אשֵׁי עָ֔ם יַ֖חַד שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he was kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- in Jeshurunיְשֻׁרוּןyeshûrûn · JeshurunH3484
- when the headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
- of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- the tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- were gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
- togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 33:5
- Genesis 36:31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
- Exodus 18:16Whenever they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I make a decision between one man and another. I teach them God’s statutes and laws.”
- Numbers 16:13Is it not enough that you brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Do you also have to appoint yourself as ruler over us?
- Judges 8:22Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us, you as well as your sons and your grandsons, for you delivered us from the power of Midian.”
- Judges 9:2“Please speak in the hearing of all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you or that one man rule over you? ’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
- Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever seemed right to him.
- Deuteronomy 32:15Then Jeshurun became fat and rebelled — you became fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5He was king - i. e., not Moses but the Lord became king.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29On the day before he died, Jacob blessed his 12 sons (Genesis 49:1–28). Many years later, Moses also blessed these same sons. By that time, they had become large and powerful tribes. Moses, like Jacob, spoke as a founding father of the nation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-281. Moses the man of God--This was a common designation of a prophet (1Sa 2:27; 9:6), and it is here applied to Moses, when, like Jacob, he was about to deliver ministerially before his death, a prophetic benediction to Israel.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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