Deuteronomy 33:5

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 followed in Your steps; Everyone takes of Your words. 4Moses issued to us the Law, A possession for the assembly of Jacob. And He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people gathered, The tribes of Israel together. 6“May Reuben live and not die, Nor may his people be few.” 7And this was regarding Judah; so he said: “Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people. With his hands he contended for them, And may You be a help against his adversaries.”

Deuteronomy 33:5 word by word

וַיְהִ֥י בִישֻׁר֖וּן מֶ֑לֶךְ בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙ רָ֣אשֵׁי עָ֔ם יַ֖חַד שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• And He was kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Jeshurunיְשֻׁרוּןyeshûrûn · JeshurunH3484
• When the headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• The tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 33:5

• Genesis 36:31Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel.
• Exodus 18:16When they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I judge between someone and his neighbor and make known the statutes of God and His laws.”
• Numbers 16:13Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also appoint yourself as master over us?
• Judges 8:22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, your son’s son as well, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian!”
• Judges 9:2“Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: for seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, to rule over you, or for one man to rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.”
• Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
• Deuteronomy 32:15“But Jeshurun became fat and kicked-- You have become fat, thick, and obstinate-- Then he abandoned God who made him, And rejected 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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 33:5

• Death
• Jeshurun
• Theocracy

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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