Deuteronomy 33:1
in Deuteronomy 33This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
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ASV
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
KJV
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 33
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The title “the man of God” in the Old Testament is one who is favored with direct revelations, but not necessarily an official prophet. The occurrence of the title here is no doubt a token that the Blessing was not, as was the Song, transcribed by Moses himself. Compare Deu 31:27.
This site's exposition
And this is the blessing
on Deuteronomy 33:1-2
Moses ends where Jacob ended, blessing the tribes by name before he dies, and Genesis 49 is the only other place in Scripture where that happens. Jacob's words carried rebuke in them and these carry almost none, so Reuben and Levi are spoken well of here where Genesis 49:3-7 spoke against them. Verse 2 opens with God coming from Sinai, Seir and mount Paran, the same three-cornered picture Judges 5:4-5 and Habakkuk 3:3 draw of the same event. The clause rendered a fiery law rests on two Hebrew words whose division translators have never agreed on, and the ten thousands of saints is the ground on which Acts 7:53, Galatians 3:19 and Hebrews 2:2 speak of the law being given by angels.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֹ֣את | vezot | and this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| הַבְּרָכָ֗ה | haberakhah | [is] the blessing | H1293 → | 69 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בֵּרַ֥ךְ | berakh | he blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֛ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אִ֥ישׁ | ʾish | [the] man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לִפְנֵ֖י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מוֹתֽוֹ׃ | moto | death his | H4194 → | 156 times |
וְזֹ֣אתand this
vezotH2063 →603 times
הַבְּרָכָ֗ה[is] the blessing
haberakhahH1293 →69 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בֵּרַ֥ךְhe blessed
berakhH1288 →330 times
מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אִ֥ישׁ[the] man of
ʾishH376 →1663 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לִפְנֵ֖י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
מוֹתֽוֹ׃death his
motoH4194 →156 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 27:4Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 11:20
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
- Genesis 48:9
Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
- Genesis 27:25
“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he…
- Genesis 49:28
These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.
- Hebrews 11:20
Through
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…
it leads to
- Numbers 14:30
Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Numbers 14:24
But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
- Numbers 13:6
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
- Numbers 14:30
Through
1 Kings 13:6Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the…
it leads to
- Exodus 8:8
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the…
- Exodus 8:8
About Deuteronomy
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.