Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 33:28
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: (r) the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
(r) Who was plentiful in issue as a fountain.
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: (r) the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
(r) Who was plentiful in issue as a fountain.
Verse Deuteronomy 33:28. _ISRAEL THEN SHALL DWELL - ALONE_] This people shall not be _incorporated_ with any other people under heaven. A prophecy which continues to be fulfilled to the very letter. E...
THE FOUNTAIN OF JACOB SHALL BE UPON A LAND OF CORN AND WINE - The King James Version does not preserve the symmetry of the clauses. Render it: “Israel shall dwell in safety; alone shall the fountain o...
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...
ISRAEL... JACOB. The name of. man put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for his posterity. App-6. Note the name, "Israel" connected with Divine safety, and "Jacob" with earthly substance. DWE...
The Epilogue 26 None like the God of Y e shurun! Riding the heavens to thy help, And the skies in His loftiness. 27 The Eternal God is thy refuge, And beneath are the arms everlasting. He drov...
_fountain … alone_ For _fountain_, _-ain_, some propose _-am_, _people_. But the figure is emphatic and natural after the previous line: Israel's life shall flow unmixed, untainted with that of the ex...
_VER._ 26-29. _THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO THE GOD OF JESHURUN_— Moses, having made an end of declaring to each tribe some of the particular circumstances which would distinguish them from the rest, and h...
_VER._ 28. _ISRAEL THEN SHALL DWELL IN SAFETY ALONE_— The word בדד _badad,_ signifies _to live alone,_ and I suppose its signification may be extended to living separate. The Israelites were separated...
k. BLESSINGS UPON ALL ISRAEL (Deuteronomy 33:26-29) 26 There is none like unto God, I Jeshurun Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies. 27 The eternal God is...
_ISRAEL THEN SHALL DWELL IN SAFETY ALONE: THE FOUNTAIN OF JACOB SHALL BE UPON A LAND OF CORN AND WINE; ALSO HIS HEAVENS SHALL DROP DOWN DEW._ The fountain of Jacob - the posterity of Israel shall dwe...
RV 'Israel dwelleth in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of corn and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew.' Israel separated from all other nations (see on Numbers 23:9) dwells securely i...
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...
ISRAEL THEN SHALL DWELL IN SAFETY — _i.e._, in confidence and security. “_In His days_ (the days of Messiah) Judah shall be saved, and _Israel shall dwell safely”_ (Jeremiah 23:6), but not until they...
וַ יִּשְׁכֹּן֩ יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל בֶּ֤טַח בָּדָד֙ עֵ֣ין...
(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...
Alone, without standing in need of the assistance of any other but God. See Numbers xxiii. 9. (Haydock) --- Some of the ancient Germans would have no communication with any other nation; and they depo...
The man of GOD, having poured out his praises on Israel's GOD, now bestows his commendation on Israel. They have the eternal GOD for their refuge. JEHOVAH is engaged in all his covenant relations for...
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...
28._Israel then shall dwell in safety alone. _(328) The beginning of the verse is by no means obscure, for Moses promises in it to the elect people what all have naturally a great desire for, viz., pe...
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...
ISRAEL THEN SHALL DWELL IN SAFETY ALONE,.... The Canaanites being thrust out of their land, and Israel put into the possession of it, should dwell in safety, or "confidently" l; without fear of enemie...
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. Ver. 28. _Israel then shall dwell, &c._] _See Trapp on "_...
_Israel shall dwell in safety alone_ Either, 1st, In safety, although they be alone, and have no confederates to defend them, but have all the world against them, yet my single protection shall be suf...
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....
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone, separate from other people and secure in the protection of Jehovah; THE FOUNTAIN OF JACOB SHALL BE UPON A LAND OF CORN AND WINE, in a rich and fertile country;...
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...
26-29 None had such a God as Israel. There is no people like the Israel of God. What is here said of the church of Israel is to be applied to the spiritual church. Never were people so well seated an...
ALONE; either, 1. Though they be alone, and have no confederates to defend them, but have all the world against them, yet my single protection shall be sufficient for them. Or, 2. Distinct and separa...
"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 33:28 Israel H3478 dwell H7931 (H8799) safety H983 fountain H5869 Jacob H3290 alone H910 land H776
Deuteronomy 33:28 And Israel dwells in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yes, his heavens drop down dew. Because of this Israel, once they had driven out their...
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....
_There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun._ THE GOD OF JESHURUN Are we to understand this passage as revoking all the threatened judgments previously denounced against Israel? No. But Moses saw, a...
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...
Deuteronomy 8:7; Deuteronomy 8:8; Deuteronomy 11:11; Deuteronomy 32:2;...
Alone — Either Tho' they be alone, and have no confederates to defend them, but have all the world against them, yet my single protection shall be sufficient for them. Or, Distinct and separated from...