Deuteronomy 33:5
Thus became he king in Yeshurun, when the heads of the people were assembled, as one the tribes of Israel.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4“The law which Moses commanded us, is the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.”
6May Reuben live, and not die; and may not his men be 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 of dispute, they come unto me; and I judge between one and the other, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
Numbers 16:13Is it too little that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that thou wilt assume to make thyself also a prince over us?
Deuteronomy 32:15Thus did Yeshurun grow fat, and he kicked; [thou art grown fat, thick, fleshy;] and then he forsook the God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Judges 8:22And the men of Israel said unto Gid'on, Rule thou over us, both thou and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast delivered us out of the hand of Midian.
Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed 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 →