Deuteronomy 33:5
And he was king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4Moses commanded for us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
6Let Reuben live, and not die, nor let his men be few.
Cross References
Genesis 36:31And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the sons of Israel.
Exodus 18:16When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor. And I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
Numbers 16:13Is it a small thing that thou have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must make thyself also a ruler over us?
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. Thou have grown fat. Thou have grown thick. Thou have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Judges 8:22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also, for thou have saved us out of the hand of Midian.
Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel. Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:2-6
Moses's Blessing on Israel. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the… Read the whole commentary →