Psalms 68:27 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 68:27

There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

BSB

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ASV

There is little Benjamin their ruler, The princes of Judah and their council, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

KJV

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Homily 7, on Psalm 67 (420)

There is Benjamin the young lad in ecstasy of mind. He means holy Paul: "there," in the church: "the young lad," the last of all the apostles, of the tribe of Benjamin. The princes of Judah their leaders. The apostles are the princes of Judah, that is, of the Lord, just as Jacob says: "Judah, may your brothers praise you." The princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthalim.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

There is - Present in this solemn pomp of carrying the ark to Zion. Little - Called little, because it was exceedingly diminished, and almost extinguished under the Judges, Judg. xx, 35; xxi, 3 &c.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

There is little Benjamin with their ruler. The tribe was small, having been greatly reduced in numbers, but it had the honour of including Zion within its territory. "And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders." Little Benjamin had been Jacob's darling, and now the tribe is made to march first in the procession, and to dwell nearest to the holy place. The princes of Judah and their council.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שָׁ֤ם	sham	there	H8033 →
בִּנְיָמִ֨ן׀	bin.ya.Min	Benjamin	H1144 →
צָעִ֡יר	tza.'Ir	insignificant	H6810 →
רֹדֵ֗ם	ro.Dem	[is] ruling them	H7287 →
שָׂרֵ֣י	sa.Rei	[the] princes of	H8269 →
יְ֭הוּדָה	Ye.hu.dah	Judah	H3063 →
רִגְמָתָ֑ם	rig.ma.Tam	heaps of stones their	H7277 →
שָׂרֵ֥י	sa.Rei	[the] princes of	H8269 →
זְ֝בֻל֗וּן	ze.vu.Lun	Zebulun	H2074 →
שָׂרֵ֥י	sa.Rei	[the] princes of	H8269 →
נַפְתָּלִֽי׃	naf.ta.Li	Naphtali	H5321 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H7287rodem[is] ruling them26×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 60:7
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
leads to
- Genesis 49:10
  The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Deuteronomy 33:17
  His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the…
Through
Isaiah 11:13
Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
leads to
- Jeremiah 3:18
  In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers…
- Ezekiel 37:16–24
  “And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Joseph—the…
- Hosea 1:11
  Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day…
Through
Judges 5:18
Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
leads to
- Judges 4:10
  where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
- Judges 4:6
  She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten…
Through
1 Samuel 9:21
Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:17
  And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel

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