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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33:13

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Deuteronomy 33 This chapter relates the blessings Moses pronounced upon the people of Israel a little before his death; first, in general, on account of their having a law given them in so glorious a manner, Deuteronomy 33:1; then, in particular, each of the tribes distinctly is blessed, Reuben, Deuteronomy 33:6; Judah, Deuteronomy 33:7; Levi, Deuteronomy 33:8; Benjamin,...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And of Joseph he said,.... The tribe of Joseph, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: blessed of the Lord [be] his land; as the lands inherited by his sons were extremely fruitful, the countries of lead and Bashan by Manasseh, and the fields of Samaria by Ephraim: Jarchi says, "there was not in the inheritance of the tribes a land so full of all good things as the land of Joseph;'' typical of...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Yet Moses has not done with the children of Israel; he seemed to have taken final leave of them in the close of the foregoing chapter, but still he has something more to say. He had preached them a farewell sermon, a very copious and pathetic discourse. After sermon he had given out a psalm, a long psalm; and now nothing remains but to dismiss them with a blessing; that blessing he pronounces in...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, Oh! in a spiritual sense, what a rich blessing this is! and remember it came upon that tribe whose father was the most afflicted of all Jacob’s sons. If thou art, an afflicted Joseph rejoice, for one of these days thou shall have the capacity for receiving great blessings. Deu_33:13. For the dew, The Lord...