Deuteronomy 33:6
What meaning of the deuteronomy 33:6 in the Bible?
What does Deuteronomy 33:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few."
What does Deuteronomy 33:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few."
Verse Deuteronomy 33:6. _LET REUBEN LIVE, AND NOT DIE_] Though his life and his blessings have been forfeited by his transgression with his father's concubine, Genesis 49:3-1; and in his rebellion wi...
LET NOT HIS MEN BE FEW - literally, “a number,” i. e., “a small number,” such as could be easily counted (compare Genesis 34:30 note). While the verse promises that the tribe shall endure and prosper,...
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 (Deuteronomy 33:6) 4....
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...
REUBEN. For the order of the tribes see App-45. LIVE, AND NOT DIE. Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6) for emphasis, reversing Genesis 49:3; Genesis 49:4. LET NOT. The word "not" is rightly repeated...
(2 9). Four Laws: Of Right to Enter the Congregation There shall not enter any eunuch (Deuteronomy 33:1); nor the son of an unlawful marriage, nor descendants (Deuteronomy 33:2); nor Ammonite, nor Mo...
_VER._ 6. _LET REUBEN,_ &C.— Moses speaks immediately of Reuben, without prefacing, as he does of the other tribes before their respective parts; the reason of which I imagine to be, that the ode we h...
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...
_LET REUBEN LIVE, AND NOT DIE; AND LET NOT HIS MEN BE FEW._ Let Reuben live, and not die. Although deprived of the honour and privileges of primogeniture, he was still to hold rank as one of the trib...
33:6 few. (i-12) Lit. 'of number.' i.e. that can be counted [easily]. see ch. 4.27....
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...
LET REUBEN LIVE, AND NOT DIE. — “‘Live’ in this world.” says Rashi, “and ‘not die’ in the world to come.” That his misdeed should not be remembered (Genesis 35:22). Rashi also notices the juxtapositio...
יְחִ֥י רְאוּבֵ֖ן וְ אַל ־יָמֹ֑ת וִ יהִ֥י מְתָ֖יו מִסְפָּֽר׃ ס...
(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 de...
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. Fir...
Let (f) Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few. (f) Reuben will be one of the tribes of God's people, though for his sin his honour is diminished, and his family but small....
Number. This is conformable to the prophecy of Jacob, who deprived Ruben of his birth-right, on account of incest. He is even treated with indulgence, in being permitted to form one of the tribes. Yet...
It is remarkable that Moses begins with Israel's eldest son. By birthright, no doubt, this was his privilege. Yet he had forfeited it. See Genesis 49:3. It is hardly possible to consider the family of...
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...
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...
LET REUBEN LIVE, AND NOT DIE,.... As a tribe, continue and not be extinct, though they should not excel, because of the sin of their progenitor; and it may have a special regard to the preservation of...
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few. Ver. 6. _Let Reuben live, and not die._] Let him have a nail and a name in God's house, notwithstanding the heinousness of his sin, and the...
_Let Reuben live, and not die_ Though Reuben deserve to be cut off, or greatly diminished and obscured, according to Jacob's prediction, (Genesis 49:4,) yet God will spare them, and give them a name a...
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...
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...
Though Reuben deserve to be cut off, or greatly diminished and obscured, according to Jacob's prediction, GENESIS 49:4; yet God will spare them, and give them a name and portion among the tribes of Is...
"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...
Deuteronomy 33:6 Reuben H7205 live H2421 (H8799) die H4191 (H8799) men H4962 few H4557 Genesis 49:3-4, Genesis 49:8; Numbers 32:31-32; Joshua 22:1-9...
Deuteronomy 33:6 “Let Reuben live, and not die; And let his men be few (literally, ‘may his men be a number').” The first to be dealt with is the firstborn Reuben. Reuben's future was destined to be...
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....
_Let Reuben live, and not die._ REUBEN The name of Reuben stands first in the blessing of Moses, but this recognition of his natural place among the tribes is almost sadder in its suggestiveness than...
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images =...
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 shi...
Genesis 49:3; Genesis 49:4; Genesis 49:8; Joshua 22:1; Numbers 32:31; Numbers 32:32...
Let Reuben live — Though Reuben deserve to be cut off or greatly diminished and obscured, according to Jacob's prediction, Genesis 49:4, yet God will spare them and give them a name and portion among...