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

1Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites with this blessing before he died. 2He said, “The Lord came from Sinai. For his people he rose from Seir ⌞like the sun⌟. He appeared like sunshine from Mount Paran. He came with tens of thousands of holy ones. On his right was a raging fire for them. You certainly love your people. All your holy ones are in your hands. They bow at your feet to receive your instructions. 4Moses gave us these teachings. They belong to the assembly of Jacob. 5The Lord was king of Jeshurun when the leaders of the people assembled together with all the tribes 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 7:7The Lord set his heart on you and chose you, even though you didn’t outnumber all the other people. You were the smallest of all nations.
• Exodus 19:5If you carefully obey me and are faithful to the terms of my promise, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, even though the whole world is mine.
• Psalms 47:4He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah
• Psalms 147:19He speaks his word to Jacob, his laws and judicial decisions to Israel.
• Jeremiah 31:3The Lord appeared to me in a faraway place and said, “I love you with an everlasting love. So I will continue to show you my kindness.
• Hosea 11:1“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.
• Malachi 1:2“I loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How did you love us?’ “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “I loved Jacob,
• Romans 9:11Before the children had been born or had done anything good or bad, Rebekah was told that the older child would serve the younger one. This was said to Rebekah so that God’s plan would remain a matter of his choice,
• Ephesians 2:4But God is rich in mercy because of his great love for us.
• 1 John 4:19We love because God loved us first.
• Deuteronomy 7:6You are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He chose you to be his own special possession out of all the nations on earth.
• 1 Samuel 2:9He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones, but wicked people are silenced in darkness because humans cannot succeed by their own strength.
• Psalms 31:15My future is in your hands. Rescue me from my enemies, from those who persecute me.
• Psalms 50:5“Gather around me, my godly people who have made a pledge to me through sacrifices.”
• Jeremiah 32:40I will make an eternal promise to them that I will never stop blessing them. I will make them fear me so that they will never turn away from me.
• John 10:28and I give them eternal life. They will never be lost, and no one will tear 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