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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:16

Verse Deuteronomy 33:16. The good will of him that dwelt in the bush] The favour of him who appeared in the burning bush on Mount Sinai, who there, in his good will - mere love and compassion, took Israel to be his people; and who has preserved and will preserve, in tribulation and distress, all those who trust in him, so that they shall as surely escape unhurt, as the bush, though enveloped with fire, was unburnt.

The top of the head, c.] The same words are used by Jacob in blessing this tribe, Genesis 49:26. The meaning appears to be that God should distinguish this tribe in a particular way, as Joseph himself was separated, נזיר nazir, a Nazarite, a consecrated prince to God, from among and in preference to all his brethren. Genesis 49:25, c.

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See also Deuteronomy 33:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Comparing the words of Moses with those of Jacob, it will be seen that the patriarch dwells with emphasis on the severe conflicts which Joseph, i. e., Ephraim and Manasseh, would undergo (compare Gene...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE BUSH. Compare Exodus 3:2. The word occurs only in these two places. SEPARATED. Compare Genesis 49:26....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    ( 16, 17). Of a Runaway Slave. If such escape to _thee_apparently Israel as a whole (cp. Deuteronomy 5:16), and therefore the slave, though not necessarily a Hebrew slave 1 [145] (Marti), is one who h...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    WITH THEE SHALL HE DWELL] So the emphatic Heb. order. _In the midst of thee_, omitted by some LXX codd. and redundant, is probably a gloss. So also _within one of thy gates where_, etc., omitted by L...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Blessing Proper 6  R e" ubén, may he live and not die, Though few be his men....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 13-17. _AND OF JOSEPH HE SAID,_ &C.— Whether we consider Joseph with respect to his situation in the land of Canaan, or to the eminent dignity by which his descendants were distinguished, he is...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND FOR THE PRECIOUS THINGS OF THE EARTH AND FULNESS THEREOF, AND FOR THE GOOD WILL OF HIM THAT DWELT IN THE BUSH: LET THE BLESSING COME UPON THE HEAD OF JOSEPH, AND UPON THE TOP OF THE HEAD OF HIM T...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    33:16 from (i-42) Or 'select amongst;' Heb. 'Nazarite.' See Genesis 49:26 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOOD WILL OF HIM THAT DWELT IN THE BUSH] Jehovah revealed Himself in the bush as the Deliverer of Israel: see Exodus 3:2; Exodus 3:6. The latter part of the v. is identical with that of Genesis 49:26....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE GOOD WILL OF HIM THAT DWELT IN THE BUSH — is a blessing peculiar to Moses. It contains an exquisite piece of interpretation. From the fact that Jehovah _revealed Himself_ to Moses in a flame of fi...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מִ מֶּ֗גֶד אֶ֚רֶץ וּ מְלֹאָ֔הּ וּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    (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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and [for] the good will of him that dwelt in the (l) bush: let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head o...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Thereof, whatever the earth can produce, particularly wheat, &c. The fruits of heaven, (ver. 13,) may denote such as grew on trees. (Calmet) --- Bush; God, who appeared to Moses. (Haydock) --- Nazarit...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The blessing of Joseph is very striking, and deserves the closest attention, from the interest all true believers in CHRIST have in it. It is true, Joseph was separated from his brethren when sold int...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND FOR THE PRECIOUS THINGS OF THE EARTH, AND FULNESS THEREOF,.... Corn of all sorts produced out of the earth, and grass that grows out of it, and cattle that feed upon it; for all which some part of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and [for] the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of hi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And for the precious things of the earth_ And in general for all the choice fruits which the land produceth in all parts of it, whether hills or valleys. _Fulness thereof_ That is, the plants, and ca...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and for the precious things of the earth and fullness thereof, whatever the earth produces in precious gifts, AND FOR THE GOOD WILL OF HIM THAT DWELT IN THE BUSH, who appeared to Moses in the burning...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FOR THE PRECIOUS THINGS OF THE EARTH; and in general for all the choice fruits which the land produceth in all the parts of it, whether hills or valleys. FULNESS THEREOF, i.e. the plants and cattle, a...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 33:16 things H4022 earth H776 fullness H4393 favor H7522 dwelt H7931 (H8802) bush H5572 come H935

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Deuteronomy 33:13 “And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that couches beneath, And for the precious things of the...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Deuteronomy 33:16 We have here the beginning and the ripening of an experience brought close together. Let us think of the young Christian and the old Christian, the same man in his first apprehension...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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:...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land._ JOSEPH The character of Joseph is not often correctly apprehended, although it comes out very distinctly in the picture which Scripture has given...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 33:15 Compare the blessing by Jacob on Joseph in Genesis 49:26. WHO DWELLS IN THE BUSH. See...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 10:26; 1 Corinthians 10:28; 2 Corinthians 12:7; Acts 7:30;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And for — And in general for all the choice fruits which the land produceth in all the parts of it, whither hills or valleys. Fulness thereof — That is, the plants and cattle and all creatures that gr...

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