Deuteronomy 33:5
The king shall have great righteousness, at the gathering of the princes of the people with the tribes of Israel.
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In Context
4Moses instructed us in the law, the inheritance of the multitude of Jacob.
6Let Ruben live, and not die, and may he be small in number.”
Cross References
Genesis 36:31Now before the sons of Israel had a king, the kings who ruled in the land of Edom were these:
Exodus 18:16And when any kind of dispute occurs among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to reveal the precepts of God and of his laws.”
Numbers 16:13Is it a small matter to you, that you have led us away from a land that was flowing with milk and honey, so as to kill us in the desert, unless you could also be a ruler over us?
Deuteronomy 32:15The beloved grew fat, and he kicked. Having grown fat and thick and wide, he abandoned God, his Maker, and he withdrew from God, his Savior.
Judges 8:22And all the men of Israel said to Gideon: “You should rule over us, and your son, and your son’s son. For you freed us from the hand of Midian.”
Judges 17:6In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.
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 →