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,
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Indeed, he loves his people; all his holy ones are in his hands. They follow in his steps and accept his teaching.

Context of Deuteronomy 33:3

1This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. 2He said, "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand. Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand; so they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you, 4when Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob. 5Thus the Lord became king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.

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 7:7It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
• Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;
• Psalms 47:4He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
• Psalms 147:19He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.
• Jeremiah 31:3the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
• Hosea 11:1When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
• Malachi 1:2"I have loved you," says the Lord. But you say, "How have you loved us?" "Is not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the Lord. "Yet I have loved Jacob
• Romans 9:11though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—
• Ephesians 2:4But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
• 1 John 4:19We love because he first loved us.
• Deuteronomy 7:6"For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
• 1 Samuel 2:9"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
• Psalms 31:15My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
• Psalms 50:5"Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
• Jeremiah 32:40I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
• John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will 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