Deuteronomy 33:17

His beauty is as the firstling of his bull, 1 His horns are the horns of a unicorn; 1 With them he shall thrust the nations at once, even from the end of the earth: 1 These are the ten thousands of Ephraim, 1 And these are the thousands of Manasseh.

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In The King James Version

His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

In Context

16And of the fullness of the land in season: 1 And let the things pleasing to him that dwelt in the bush 1 Come on the head of Joseph, 1 And on the crown of him who was glorified above his brethren. 1

18And to Zebulun he said, 1 Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, 1 And Issachar in his tents. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 48:19And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Numbers 24:8God led him out of Egypt; 1 He has as it were the glory of a unicorn: 1 He shall consume the nations of his enemies, 1 And he shall drain their marrow, 1 And with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy. 1

Numbers 26:37And to Zelophehad the son of Hepher there were no sons, but daughters: and these were the names of the daughters of Zelophehad; Mahlah, and Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Joshua 17:18For thou shalt have the wood, for there is a wood, and thou shalt clear it, and the land shall be thine; even when thou shalt have utterly destroyed the Canaanite, for he has chosen cavalry; yet thou art stronger than he.

1 Chronicles 5:1And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but because of his going up to his father’s couch, his father gave his blessing to his son Joseph, even the son of Israel; and he was not reckoned as firstborn;

1 Chronicles 5:23And the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt from Bashan to Baal-hermon, and Senir, and to the Mount Hermon: and they increased in Lebanon.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:13-18

12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. 13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the… Read the whole commentary →

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