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 Living Translation (NLT)The Lord became king in Israel— when the leaders of the people assembled, when the tribes of Israel gathered as one.”

Context of Deuteronomy 33:5

3Yes, 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. And He was King in Jeshurun, When the leaders of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together. 6“Let Reuben live, and not die, Nor let his men be few.” 7And this he said of Judah: “Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people; Let his hands be sufficient for him, And may You be a help against his enemies.”

Deuteronomy 33:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

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

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 33:5

• Genesis 36:31Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel:
• Exodus 18:16When they have a difficulty, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known the statutes of God and His laws.”
• Numbers 16:13Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should keep acting like a prince over us?
• Judges 8:22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, and your grandson also; for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.”
• Judges 9:2“Please speak in the hearing of all the men of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal reign over you, or that one reign over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and bone.”
• 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 grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed 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