Deuteronomy 33:4
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
Deuteronomy 33:4 in other translations
| BSB | the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob. |
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| WEB | Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. |
| ASV | Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. |
| YLT | A law hath Moses commanded us, A possession of the assembly of Jacob. |
| DARBY | Moses commanded us a law, The inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. |
| BBE | Moses gave us a law, a heritage for the people of Jacob. |
| Webster | Moses commanded us a law; even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. |
What does Deuteronomy 33:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 33:2-4
2-4. The Lord came--Under a beautiful metaphor, borrowed from the dawn and progressive splendor of the sun, the Majesty of God is sublimely described as a divine light which appeared in Sinai and scattered its beams on all the adjoining region in directing Israel's march to Canaan. In these descriptions of a theophania, God is represented as coming from the south, and the allusion is in general to the thunderings…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…
Deuteronomy 33:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 33:4
- Psalms 119:111
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
- John 7:19
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
- John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- Deuteronomy 9:26-29
I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
- Psalms 119:72
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 33:3
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
- Deuteronomy 33:4
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 33:5
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
Deuteronomy 33:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ley nos mandó Moisés, heredad á la congregación de Jacob. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Moïse nous a commandé une loi, héritage de la congrégation de Jacob; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein Gesetz hat uns Mose geboten, ein Erbe der Versammlung Jakobs. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Legem præcepit nobis Moyses, hæreditatem multitudinis Jacob. |