Deuteronomio 33:20

20 Poi disse di Gad: "Benedetto colui che mette Gad al largo! Egli sta nella sua dimora come una leonessa, e sbrana braccio e cranio.

Deuteronomio 33:20 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 33:20

And of Gad he said
The tribe of Gad, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem:

blessed [be] he that enlargeth Gad;
that is, the Lord, to whom the praise and glory were to be given, who had appointed to Gad a large inheritance on the other side Jordan, and had settled him in it, and which became larger by the conquest of the Hagarites, and others, ( 1 Chronicles 5:18-22 ) ;

he dwelleth as a lion;
bold and courageous, secure, and without fear of any of his enemies, though near him, on his borders, as the Moabites and Ammonites were; of the same spirit and temper were the men of the tribe of Gad in the times of David, ( 1 Chronicles 12:8 ) ;

and teareth the arm with the crown of the head,
at once, just as a lion tears its prey; which figurative phrases are expressive of this tribe conquering and destroying strong and mighty men, signified by the "arm", in which the strength of a man lies, and of kings and governors, pointed at by the "crown of the head"; as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; which was done in the times of Joshua, when with and under him they subdued and destroyed the kings and princes of the land of Canaan.

Deuteronomio 33:20 In-Context

18 Poi disse di Zabulon: "Rallegrati, o Zabulon, nel tuo uscire, e tu, Issacar, nelle tue tende!

19 Essi chiameranno i popoli al monte, e quivi offriranno sacrifizi di giustizia; poich’essi succhieranno la dovizia del mare e i tesori nascosti nella rena".

20 Poi disse di Gad: "Benedetto colui che mette Gad al largo! Egli sta nella sua dimora come una leonessa, e sbrana braccio e cranio.

21 Ei s’è scelto le primizie del paese, poiché quivi è la parte riserbata al condottiero, ed egli v’è giunto alla testa del popolo, ha compiuto la giustizia dell’Eterno e i suoi decreti, insieme ad Israele".

22 Poi disse di Dan: "Dan è un leoncello, che balza da Bashan".