Deuteronomy 33:1-5

Moses Blesses the Tribes of Israel

33¹ This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. ² He said,

“Yahweh came from Sinai,
And rose from Seir to them.
He shone forth from Mount Paran.
He came from the ten thousands of holy ones.
At his right hand was a fiery law for them. ³ Yes, he loves the people.
All his saints are in your hand.
They sat down at your feet;
Everyone shall receive of your words. ⁴ Moses commanded us a law,
An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. ⁵ He was king in Jeshurun,
When the heads of the people were gathered,
All the tribes of Israel together.

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

Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:1-5

(Read Deuteronomy 33:1-5)

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.