The blessing of the tribes. ‘The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran’. Reuben: ‘let Reuben live, and not die’. Judah. Bring him unto his people. Levi. Thy Urim and Thummim with thy holy one; teach Jacob thy judgments. Benjamin. The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him. Joseph. Blessed of the LORD be his land for the precious things of heaven, the earth, the sun, the moon, the ancient mountains, the fulness thereof, and the good will of him that dwelt in the bush. Zebulun and Issachar. Gad. Dan. Naphtali. Asher. ‘There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help … the eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms’.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Law · Moses — Deuteronomy overview

A. 1–5 The LORD came from Sinai with ten thousands
B. 6–17 Reuben, Judah, Levi, Benjamin, and Joseph
C. 18–25 Zebulun, Gad, Dan, Naphtali, and Asher
D. 26–29 Underneath are the everlasting arms

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Genesis 495 verses
- Genesis 49:8Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
- Genesis 49:13Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
- Genesis 49:20Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
- Genesis 49:21Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
- Genesis 49:22Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.
- Read Genesis 49 →
Habakkuk 32 verses
- Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
- Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
- Read Habakkuk 3 →
Proverbs 32 verses
- Proverbs 3:3Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
- Proverbs 3:20By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
- Read Proverbs 3 →
Numbers 232 verses
- Numbers 23:9For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
- Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
- Read Numbers 23 →

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Joshua 141 verse
- Joshua 14:6Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
- Read Joshua 14 →
Revelation 51 verse
- Revelation 5:11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Read Revelation 5 →
Jude 11 verse
- Jude 1:14Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Read Jude 1 →
Luke 101 verse
- Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
- Read Luke 10 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.