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.
• 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.
• 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 that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death. 2He said: “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes. 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, 4the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob. 5He was king over Jeshurun when the leaders of the people assembled, along with 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 did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
• Exodus 19:5Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,
• Psalms 47:4He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.
• Psalms 147:19He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
• Jeremiah 31:3The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
• Hosea 11:1“When 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 ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,
• Romans 9:11Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand:
• Ephesians 2:4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
• 1 John 4:19We love because he first loved us.
• Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
• 1 Samuel 2:9He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;
• Psalms 31:15My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me.
• Psalms 50:5“Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
• Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me.
• John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; 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