Deuteronomy 33:17

His firstborn ox, be an honour to him. And the horns of a buffalo, be his horns, With them, let him thrust, peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth,—Yea, [with] these, the myriads of Ephraim, And, [with] those, the thousands of Manasseh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 with the precious things of the earth and its fulness, And with the goodwill of One who dwelt in a thorn-bush.—Let it come on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him who was consecrated among his brethren.

18And, of Zebulun, he said, Rejoice, Zebulun in thy going out,—And [thou], Issachar in thy tents:

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Cross References

Genesis 48:19And his father refused, and said—I know—my son, I know! He also, shall become a people, and he also, shall become great,—but nevertheless, his younger brother, shall become greater than he, and his seed, shall become a filling up of the nations.

Numbers 24:8GOD having brought him forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his,—He eateth up nations that assail him And the bones of them, he breaketh And the loins of him, he crusheth:

Numbers 26:37These, are the families of the sons of Ephraim, as to them who were numbered of them,—thirty-two thousand, and five hundred, These, are the sons of Joseph by their families.

Joshua 17:18for, the hill country, shall be thine, in that, a forest, it is, therefore canst thou cut it down, and thine shall be the extensions thereof,—for thou shalt dispossess the Canaanites, though, chariots of iron, they have, and though, strong, they are.

1 Chronicles 5:1And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for, he, was the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel,—and he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn,

1 Chronicles 5:23And, the sons of the half tribe of Manasseh, dwelt in the land,—from Bashan, as far as to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon, they, were multiplied.

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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