Revised Webster's Bible
Deuteronomy 33:5
5And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
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
3Yea, 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. 4Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. 6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let his men be few. 7And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
Read all of Deuteronomy 33Deuteronomy 33:5 word by word
וַיְהִ֥י בִישֻׁר֖וּן מֶ֑לֶךְ בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙ רָ֣אשֵׁי עָ֔ם יַ֖חַד שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 33:5
- Genesis 36:31And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
- Exodus 18:16When they have a matter, they come to me; and I judge between one and another, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
- Numbers 16:13Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
- Judges 8:22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
- Judges 9:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Which is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are seventy persons, should reign over you, or that one should reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
- Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: thou hast become fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness ; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly 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
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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
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