Deuteronomy 33:5
in Deuteronomy 33So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
KJV
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 33
Commentary
2 notes on this verseHe was king in Jeshurun - Moses was their king not in title, but in reality, being under God, their supreme governor, and law giver. Gathered together - When the princes and people met together for the management of public affairs, Moses was owned by them as their king and lawgiver.
This site's exposition
Yea, he loved the people
on Deuteronomy 33:3-5
Between the theophany and the tribes stands a people gathered at God's feet to receive his words, and verse 4 calls the law an inheritance, which is the language used elsewhere of land. Jeshurun is a name for Israel that falls four times in Scripture, three of them in this book at 32:15, 33:5 and 33:26, and once at Isaiah 44:2. Commentators divide over who the king of verse 5 is, some reading it of God and others of Moses among the assembled heads, and the Hebrew names neither.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֥י | vayhi | and he was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בִישֻׁר֖וּן | vishurun | in Jeshurun | H3484 → | 4 times |
| מֶ֑לֶךְ | melekh | king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙ | behitasef | when gathered themselves | H622 → | 200 times |
| רָ֣אשֵׁי | rashei | [the] chiefs of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| עָ֔ם | ʾam | [the] people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יַ֖חַד | yachad | together | H3162 → | 141 times |
| שִׁבְטֵ֥י | shivtei | [the] tribes of | H7626 → | 190 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיְהִ֥יand he was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
בִישֻׁר֖וּןin Jeshurun
vishurunH3484 →4 times
מֶ֑לֶךְking
melekhH4428 →2525 times
בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙when gathered themselves
behitasefH622 →200 times
רָ֣אשֵׁי[the] chiefs of
rasheiH7218 →599 times
עָ֔ם[the] people
ʾamH5971 →1873 times
יַ֖חַדtogether
yachadH3162 →141 times
שִׁבְטֵ֥י[the] tribes of
shivteiH7626 →190 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 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
Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:8
You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
- Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- Judges 21:25
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 16:2
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:8
Through
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:20
When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to…
- Hosea 13:6
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
- Acts 28:27
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts,…
- Deuteronomy 31:20
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.