Deuteronomy 33:5
And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
4Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
6Let Reuben live, and not die in that his men become few.
Cross References
Genesis 36:31And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Exodus 18:16when they have a matter, it cometh unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes of God, and His laws.'
Numbers 16:13is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation.
Judges 8:22Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon: 'Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast 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 →