Rise. The martial prowess of the Machabees, who were of this tribe, was conspicuous. (Menochius) --- As the Levites had no portion with the rest, but were to live by tithes, &c., Moses begs that God would bless their labours, (Calmet) and suffer none to defraud them of their right. (Haydock)
Verse Deuteronomy 33:11. _BLESS, LORD, HIS SUBSTANCE_] The blessing of God to the tribe of Levi was peculiarly necessary, because they had no inheritance among the children of Israel, and lived more...
SMITE THROUGH THE LOINS - Rather, strike the loins, i. e., the seat of their strength....
3. THE BLESSING OF MOSES Chapter S 32:44-33:29 _ 1. Introduction (Deuteronomy 32:44)_ 2. Jehovah's manifestation (Deuteronomy 33:1) 3. The blessing of Reuben, Judah and Levi (D
DEUTERONOMY 33. THE BLESSING OF MOSES. Of this poem (quite unconnected with the context) the following statements may be made: (_a)_ It was composed during the prosperous reign of Jeroboam II (786- 74...
The Blessing Proper 6 R e" ubén, may he live and not die, Though few be his men....
_when evening cometh on_ Genesis 24:63. The new day began then. _bathe himself_, etc.] Also prescribed in Leviticus 15:16. _substance_ Better STRENGTH or EFFICIENCY and so SERVICE, parallel to _work...
_VER._ 8-11. _AND OF LEVI HE SAID_— Moses, having finished that part of his prayer which related to Judah, enters rapidly on a new subject, and offers his petitions in behalf of his own tribe. He begi...
2. BLESSINGS PRONOUNCED UPON THE TWELVE TRIBES (Deuteronomy 33:6-25) It will be noticed that the tribe of Simeon is not mentioned in this list. This was because of their father's anger, cruelty, and d...
_BLESS, LORD, HIS SUBSTANCE, AND ACCEPT THE WORK OF HIS HANDS: SMITE THROUGH THE LOINS OF THEM THAT RISE AGAINST HIM, AND OF THEM THAT HATE HIM, THAT THEY RISE NOT AGAIN._ Bless, Lord, his substance,...
33:11 substance! (f-4) Or 'force.'...
THE BLESSING OF MOSES This chapter contains the last words or 'swan-song' of Moses. Immediately before his death he takes farewell of the people, and blesses each of the tribes in turn, as Jacob had...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 33 V1 This is the *blessing that Moses, God’s *prophet, gave to the *Israelites. Moses did this...
BLESS, LORD, HIS SUBSTANCE. — This petition is consistent with the enactment that Levi should have _no land._ But a blessing on his substance means a blessing to the whole land of Israel. _Levi’s subs...
בָּרֵ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ חֵילֹ֔ו וּ פֹ֥עַל יָדָ֖יו תּ
(B) THE BLESSING OF MOSES Deuteronomy 33:1 Besides the farewell speeches and the farewell song, we have in this chapter yet another closing utterance attributed to Moses. Here, as in the case of the...
THE BLESSING OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE Deuteronomy 33:1 The glorious nature of God is the opening theme here. The reference is to the giving of the Law when, amid fire and the mediation of angels, God des...
Here we have the record of the final words of Moses to the nation. They also take the form of a song. Often he had set before the people cursing and blessing His last words were of blessing only. Firs...
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite (i) through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. (i) He declares that the...
Moses dwells much upon the tribe of Levi, But it is remarkable, that though he himself was of that tribe, yet he never once mentions his relationship. It is precious to remark the humility of Moses. A...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
11._Bless, Lord, his substance. _This supplication appears to have been intended tacitly to provide against the poverty which awaited the Levites, if God had not supplied them with food from some othe...
We have also the blessings of this man of God, pronounced over the people before his death (chap. 33). The blessings of Jacob were more historical regarding the future. Here they are rather relationsh...
BLESS, LORD, HIS SUBSTANCE,.... Which lay in tithes, firstfruits, c. for the priests and Levites had no share in the division of the land unless this can be understood of the cities and suburbs which...
_Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again._ Ver. 11 And of them that ha...
_Bless, Lord, his substance_ Because he hath no inheritance of his own, and therefore wholly depends upon thy blessing. _The work of his hands_ All his holy administrations, which he fitly calls _the...
1 The Maiestie of God. 6 The blessings of the twelue Tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel. 1 AND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death....
Bless, Lord, his substance, his strength or power, AND ACCEPT THE WORK OF HIS HANDS, looking upon it with pleasure. SMITE THROUGH THE LOINS OF THEM THAT RISE AGAINST HIM, thus crippling them, renderin...
THE BLESSING OF MOSES. As the aged patriarch Jacob laid his blessing upon his sons in the form of prophecies, so Moses, before being gathered to his people, spoke a prophetic blessing upon the peopl...
THE BLESSING OF THE TRIBES (vs.1-29) Though Deuteronomy is a book largely of admonition, yet all admonition is finished by the end of Chapter 32:47, and Chapter 33 beautifully closes God's message f...
6-23 The order in which the tribes are here blessed, is not the same as is observed elsewhere. The blessing of Judah may refer to the whole tribe in general, or to David as a type of Christ. Moses la...
HIS SUBSTANCE, i.e. his outward estate, as DEUTERONOMY 8:18, because he hath no inheritance of his own, and therefore wholly depends upon thy blessing. Or, _his host_ or _army_, as the word is used EZ...
"And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death" It is full of interest and comfort to find that the last words of the lawgiver were words o...
Deuteronomy 33:11 Bless H1288 (H8761) substance H2428 LORD H3068 accept H7521 (H8799) work H6467 hands H3027
Deuteronomy 33:8 And of Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, Whom you proved at Massah, With whom you strove at the waters of Meribah; When he comes to Simeon and Levi...
CONTENTS: Moses' blessing upon the tribes. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is a very desirable thing to have an interest in the prayers of those who are about to depart for heaven. KEY WORD:...
Deuteronomy 33:1. _Moses blessed Israel._ Moses, like Jacob, died distinctly blessing the tribes of Israel, and finished his course in a manner worthy of himself. The tribe of Simeon is here omitted....
_And of Levi he said._ LEVI Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah, and his name commemorated the desire and hope of his mother, that her husband’s heart would be “closely joined” to her now that s...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 33:1 There is no mention of Simeon in the list of tribes, perhaps because the tribe was going to be scattered (Genesis 49:7) and absorbed by Judah....
CRITICAL NOTES.—Moses now performs the last great act of life and blesses the tribes of Israel. “The blessing opens with a solemn conclusion of the covenant and giving of the law at Sinai, by which th...
EXPOSITION MOSES' BLESSING. Before ascending Mount Nebo, to take a view of the land he was not permitted to cuter and then to die, Moses took farewell of the people he had so long guided and ruled, b...
Chapter thirty-three, Now this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel just before he died. And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir; he shin...
1 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Samuel 24:23; Amos 5:10; Deuteronomy 18:1;...
His substance — Because he hath no inheritance of his own and therefore wholly depends upon thy blessing. The work of his hands — All his holy administrations, which he fitly calls the work of his han...