Deuteronomy 33:1-5

Moses Blesses the Tribes of Israel

33¹ Now this is the blessing which Moses, the man of God, gave to the children of Israel before his death. ² He said, The Lord came from Sinai, dawning on them from Seir; shining out from Mount Paran, coming from Meribath Kadesh: from his right hand went flames of fire: his wrath made waste the peoples. ³ All his holy ones are at his hand; they go at his feet; they are lifted up on his wings. ⁴ Moses gave us a law, a heritage for the people of Jacob. ⁵ And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel came together.

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:1-5

Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:1-5

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To all his precepts, warnings, and prophecies, Moses added a solemn blessing. He begins with a description of the glorious appearances of God, in giving the law. His law works like fire. If received, it is melting, warming, purifying, and burns up the dross of corruption; if rejected, it hardens, sears, pains, and destroys. The Holy Spirit came down in cloven tongues, as of fire; for the gospel also is a fiery law. The law of God written in the heart, is a certain proof of the love of God shed abroad there: we must reckon His law one of the gifts of his grace.