“Of Y’hudah he said: ‘Hear, Adonai, the cry of Y’hudah! Bring him in to his people, let his own hands defend him; but you, help him against his enemies.’” -Deuteronomy 33:7 Following Reuben, the next blessing up is Judah. However, let’s pause here for a second to address a question that may or may not […]

In my last post, I discussed how over the course of Israel’s history the Tribe of Reuben died out due to Reuben sleeping with his father’s concubine Bilah. However, a tribe dying out over time was actually quite a normal thing in those days. Just as throughout the ages nations have always emerged, thrived and […]

“Let Reuben live and not die,     nor his people be few.” -Deuteronomy 33:6 From today we’re going to begin examining the individual blessings Moses will pronounce upon each tribe of Israel. The first blessing was directed towards Reuben. Ironically, when this blessing was pronounced, Moses just happened to be standing in the region that Reuben […]

“He was king over Jeshurun when the leaders of the people assembled, along with the tribes of Israel.” -Deuteronomy 33:5 In verse 5 we run into an interesting word that refers to Israel: JESHURUN. Literally, this translates to “the upright one”. This is a somewhat cryptic verse. It is actually referring to the day when […]

Here’s what you’ve got to be aware of concerning the Blessing of Moses contained in Deuteronomy chapter 33. It is jam-packed with odd and mystifying phrases that have baffled language scholars for ages. In fact, in this chapter there are more than a few Hebrew words that appear here and literally nowhere else in Scripture. […]