Deuteronomy 33:3

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

1Before his death, God's servant Moses spoke this blessing to all the Israelites. 2He said this: ‘The Lord came from Sinai. He appeared to his people like the sun that rises over the hills of Edom. He shone on his people from Mount Paran. Thousands of angels came with him. In his right hand, he held his Law that burned with fire. Yes, the Lord loves his people. He takes care of all his holy people. They sit near to him and they listen to his teaching. 4Moses gave us the Lord's teaching. It is very valuable to us, the descendants of Jacob. 5When the leaders of the people and all the tribes met together, the Lord became king of Israel.

Deuteronomy 33:3 word by word

אַ֚ף חֹבֵ֣ב עַמִּ֔ים כָּל־קְדֹשָׁ֖יו בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְהֵם֙ תֻּכּ֣וּ לְרַגְלֶ֔ךָ יִשָּׂ֖א מִדַּבְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yeaאַף'aph · alsoH637
• he lovedחָבַבchâbab · to loveH2245
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• all his saintsקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holy: saintH6918
• in thy handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• and they sat downתָּכָהtâkâh · to be ledH8497
• at thy feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• shall receiveנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: journeyH5375
• of thy wordsדַּבֶּ֫רֶתdabbârâh · wordH1703

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 33:3

• Deuteronomy 7:7Why did the Lord choose you as the people who would give him pleasure? It was not because you were the largest nation on the earth. No, you were the smallest of all nations!
• Exodus 19:5Now you must be careful to obey me and my covenant with you. Then you will belong to me as my special people. The whole earth belongs to me, and I have chosen you from among all the nations.
• Psalms 47:4He chose a special land to belong to us. Jacob's descendants are proud of that land. They are his own people that he loves. Selah.
• Psalms 147:19He sends his message to Jacob's descendants. He gives his rules and laws to Israel's people.
• Jeremiah 31:3At that time long ago, the Lord showed himself to his people. He said, ‘I have always loved you and I always will love you. My faithful love for you continues for ever.
• Hosea 11:1The Lord says, ‘When Israel was a child, I loved him as my son. I called my son to come out of Egypt.
• Malachi 1:2The Lord says, ‘I have loved you.’ But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ The Lord says, ‘I chose to love Jacob and his descendants. Esau was Jacob's brother.
• Romans 9:11And God spoke to Rebekah before her sons were born. God spoke before the boys had done anything either good or bad. God did this to show clearly that he himself was choosing one child. He was not choosing someone because of what that person had done. He himself decided who he would choose.
• Ephesians 2:4But God is very good and kind! He loved us very much.
• 1 John 4:19We are able to love God and other people because God loved us first.
• Deuteronomy 7:6Remember that you are a special people who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you for himself out of all the other people who live on the earth. He loves you as his special people.
• 1 Samuel 2:9He takes care of his faithful people. But he puts wicked people in a dark place where they can do nothing. It is not a person's own strength that makes him great.
• Psalms 31:15You are the one who decides what will happen to me in my whole life. Save me from the power of my enemies and from the people who want to catch me.
• Psalms 50:5He says, ‘Bring my people to me. They are the people who offered sacrifices to me, to agree our covenant.’
• Jeremiah 32:40I will make a covenant with them that will continue for ever. I will promise always to do good things for them. They will want to respect me and obey me so that they never turn away from me again. That is what I will do for them.
• John 10:28I give them life for ever with God. They will never die. Nobody can ever take them away from me.

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