Moses commanded us a law,.... The law was of God, it came forth from his right hand, De 33:2; it is of his enacting, a declaration of his will, and has his authority stamped upon it, who is the lawgiver, and which lays under obligation to regard it; but it was delivered to Moses, and by him to the children of Israel, on whom he urged obedience to it; and so it is said to come by him, and sometimes is called the law of Moses, see Joh 1:17;[even] the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob; which either describes the persons who were commanded to keep the law, the tribes of Jacob or congregation of Israel, who were the Lord's people, portion, and inheritance, De 32:9; or the law commanded, which was to be valued, not only as a peculiar treasure, but to be considered a possession, an estate, an inheritance, to be continued among them, and to be transmitted to their posterity, see Ps 119:111; these are the words of the people of Israel, and therefore are thus prefaced in the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem,"the children of Israel said, Moses commanded, &c.'
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Deuteronomy 33:4
Deuteronomy 33:4
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Deuteronomy 33 — OverviewDeuteronomy 33 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleYet 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…Deuteronomy 33 — OverviewDeuteronomy 33 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeDeuteronomy 33:1, The majesty of God; Deuteronomy 33:6, The blessings of the twelve tribes; Deuteronomy 33:26, The excellency of Israel.Deuteronomy 33 — OverviewDeuteronomy 33 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis 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, De 33:1; then, in…Deuteronomy 33:1-5Deuteronomy 33:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe first verse is the title of the chapter: it is a blessing. In the
foregoing chapter he had thundered out the terrors of the Lord against
Israel for their sin; it was a chapter like Ezekiel's roll, full of…Deuteronomy 33:4Deuteronomy 33:4 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeMoses: John 1:17, John 7:19
the inheritance: Deuteronomy 9:26-29; Psalms 119:72, Psalms 119:111