Deuteronomy 33:5
Thus became he in, Jeshurun, a king,—When the heads of the people gathered them-selves together, As one man, the tribes of Israel. [Reuben] —
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4A law, did Moses command us,—A possession, for the convocation of Jacob.
6Let Reuben live and not die,—Nor his men be easily counted.
Cross References
Genesis 36:31And, these, are the kings, who reigned in the land of Edom,—before there reigned a king of the sons of Israel:
Exodus 18:16When they have a matter, they come in unto me, then do I judge between a man and his neighbour,—and make known the statutes of God and his laws.
Numbers 16:13Was it, a small thing, that thou didst bring us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the desert but thou must, continue even to lord it, over us?
Deuteronomy 32:15Then Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou wast fat, Thou wast thick, Thou wast gorged, So he forsook the GOD who made him, And treated as foolish his Rock of salvation.
Judges 8:22Then said the men of Israel, unto Gideon, Rule over us—even thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son,—for thou hast saved us out of the power 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 →