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 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

1Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2And he said: “The Lord came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints; From His right hand Came a fiery law for them. Yes, He loves the people; All His saints are in Your hand; They sit down at Your feet; Everyone receives Your words. 4Moses commanded a law for us, A heritage of the congregation of Jacob. 5And He was King in Jeshurun, When the leaders 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 7:7The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;
• Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
• Psalms 47:4He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah
• Psalms 147:19He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
• Jeremiah 31:3The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.
• 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. “Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” Says the Lord. “Yet Jacob I have loved;
• Romans 9:11(for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him who calls),
• Ephesians 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
• 1 John 4:19We love Him because He first loved us.
• Deuteronomy 7:6“For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
• 1 Samuel 2:9He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness. “For by strength no man shall prevail.
• Psalms 31:15My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.
• Psalms 50:5“Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
• Jeremiah 32:40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.
• John 10:28And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone 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