Deuteronomy 33:1

Moses Blesses the Tribes

1 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1 in Other Translations

1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

1 This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.

1 This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave to the people of Israel before his death:

1 Moses, man of God, blessed the People of Israel with this blessing before his death.

1 This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the Israelites before his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:1

And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God
blessed the children of Israel before his death.
] Namely, what is related in the following verses, this being the general title to the chapter: Moses is called "the man of God", being raised up of God, and eminently qualified by him with girls for the work he was called unto, and by whom he was inspired to say what is after expressed: it is a title given to prophets, ( 1 Samuel 9:6-8 ) ; and so Onkelos here paraphrases it,

``Moses the prophet of the Lord,''

and Aben Ezra observes, that this is said to show that he blessed Israel by a spirit of prophecy, and which he did a little before his death, when very near it; and, as the same writer says, on the very day of his death.

Deuteronomy 33:1 In-Context

1 This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death.

2 He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes.

3 Surely it is you who love the people; all the holy ones are in your hand. At your feet they all bow down, and from you receive instruction,

4 the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.

5 He was king over Jeshurun when the leaders of the people assembled, along with the tribes of Israel.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 27:4
• 2. Joshua 14:6; 1 Samuel 2:27; 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Kings 12:22; 1 Kings 13:1; 2 Kings 1:9-13; 2 Kings 5:8; Jeremiah 35:4