Deuteronomy 33:5
He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people being assembled with the tribes of Israel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4Moses commanded us a law, the inheritance of the multitude of Jacob.
6Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he small in number.
Cross References
Genesis 36:31And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king were these:
Exodus 18:16And when any controversy falleth out among them, they come to me to judge between them, and to shew the precepts of God, and his laws.
Numbers 16:13Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us?
Deuteronomy 32:15The beloved grew fat, and kicked: he grew fat, and thick and gross, he forsook God who made him, and departed from God his saviour.
Judges 8:22And all the men of Israel said to Gedeon: Rule thou over us and thy son, and thy son's son: because thou hast delivered us from the hand of Madian.
Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel, but every one did that which 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 →