Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 33:23
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou (p) the west and the south.
(p) Meaning, near the sea.
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou (p) the west and the south.
(p) Meaning, near the sea.
Verse Deuteronomy 33:23. _O NAPHTALI, SATISFIED WITH FAVOUR_] Though this may refer to the very great fertility of the country that fell to this tribe, yet certainly something more is intended. Scarc...
SATISFIED WITH FAVOR - Compare Genesis 49:21 and note. THE WEST AND THE SOUTH - i. e., taking the words as referring not to geographical position but to natural characteristics, “the sea and the sunny...
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...
NAPHTALI. Compare Genesis 49:21, and Joshua 19:32....
_as thou hast_ FREELY _vowed unto the Lord thy God_ LXX _to God_. _which thou hast promised_, etc.] Attached awkwardly to preceding, and probably a gloss. 24, 25 ( 25, 26). Of Use at Need of Others...
The Blessing Proper 6 R e" ubén, may he live and not die, Though few be his men....
( 22 24). Of Vows. A vow once made shall be paid without delay. God requires it, neglect is a sin (Deuteronomy 33:21). To forbear to vow is no sin, but every uttered promise of this kind must be obser...
_VER._ 23. _AND OF NAPHTALI HE SAID_— Jacob appears to have promised the Naphtalites a delightful country, under the image of a fine spreading tree. And here Moses predicts, in clear terms, that their...
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...
_AND OF NAPHTALI HE SAID, O NAPHTALI, SATISFIED WITH FAVOUR, AND FULL WITH THE BLESSING OF THE LORD: POSSESS THOU THE WEST AND THE SOUTH._ Of Naphtali he said. The pleasant and fertile territory of t...
33:23 south. (c-23) Or 'the sea and Darom.'...
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...
Naphtali touched the Sea of Galilee on the E. and included some of the richest land and most beautiful scenery in Palestine. The Plain of Gennesaret was specially luxuriant. Josephus calls it the 'amb...
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...
וּ לְ נַפְתָּלִ֣י אָמַ֔ר נַפְתָּלִי֙ שְׂבַ֣ע...
(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...
ISRAEL'S HAPPY FUTURE PROMISED Deuteronomy 33:18 _ Zebulun_ and _Issachar,_ sons of Leah, were neighbors in Canaan, and, being on the seaboard, became wealthy by commerce. The calling of the peoples...
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...
_The sea. The lake of Genesareth. (Challoner) --- South. That lake forms the southern extremity of the tribe of Nephthali. (Haydock) --- The Mediterranean, and the countries south of Palestine, are co...
There is much of gospel in this blessing of Naphtali. And no doubt, Moses had an eye to spiritual things in his prophecy of it. And what is it to be full with the blessing of JEHOVAH, but, in his thre...
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...
23._And of Naphtali he said. _He predicts that God would deal bountifully towards these two tribes; for to the first a fertile district would be allotted towards “the west and the south.” What he decl...
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...
AND OF NAPHTALI HE SAID,.... The tribe of Naphtali, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: O NAPHTALI, SATISFIED WITH FAVOUR; with the favour of men, which to have is a great blessing; and as he g...
_And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south._ Ver. 23. _Satisfied with favour, and full, &c._] Fulness of...
_Satisfied with favour_ With the favour of God. That only is the favour that satisfies the soul. They are happy indeed that have the favour of God; and they shall have it that place their satisfaction...
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....
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...
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, with the good will of the Lord, AND FULL WITH THE BLESSING OF THE LORD; POSSESS THOU THE WEST AND THE SOUTH, a region which combined the adva...
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...
WITH FAVOUR; either, 1. With God's favour, as it follows; or, 2. With men's favour or good-will, his carriage being peaceable, courteous, and obliging, as is intimated, GENESIS 49:21, according to th...
"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 33:23 Naphtali H5321 said H559 (H8804) Naphtali H5321 satisfied H7649 favor H7522 full H4392 blessing...
Deuteronomy 33:23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied (satiated) with favour, And full with the blessing of Yahweh, Possess you the west (or ‘the sea' - yam) and the south (or ‘the sout...
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 Naphtali he said._ NAPHTALI It may seem to anyone who looks upon a map of Canaan as divided amongst the tribes, that this definition of locality is far enough from corresponding with the fact...
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....
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 33:23 THE LAKE. Naphtali’s land bordered the Sea of Galilee. ⇐...
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...
Genesis 49:21; Isaiah 9:1; Isaiah 9:2; Jeremiah 31:14; Joshua 19:32;...
Satisfied with favour — With the favour of God. That only is the favour that satisfies the soul. They are happy indeed that have the favour of God; and they shall have it, that place their satisfactio...