AUGUST 15, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:20-21 Blessed is he who enlarges Gad; he dwells as a lion, and tears the arm and the crown of his head. He provided the first part for himself, because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there. He came with the heads of the people; he administered the justice of the Lord, and His judgments with Israel. This is Moses’ […]
AUGUST 14, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:18-19 Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar in your tents! They shall call the peoples to the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness for they shall partake of the abundance of the seas and of treasures hidden in the sand. In these verses, Moses blessed two tribes who were, apparently, in somewhat of a partnership. […]
AUGUST 13, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:16 Let the blessing come on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. With this statement, Moses actually quotes what Jacob had said of Joseph just before he died. If he repeats Jacob, as it were, it merits our attention. There is no doubt […]
AUGUST 12, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:13-14 And of Joseph he said: “Blessed of the Lord is his land, with the precious things of heaven, with the dew, and the deep lying beneath, with the precious fruits of the sun, with the precious produce of the moon.” Following the blessing pronounced upon Benjamin is Moses’ blessing for the tribe of Joseph […]
AUGUST 11, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:12 Of Benjamin he said: “The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him, who shelters him all the day long; and he shall dwell between His shoulders.” Most everyone knows that the Temple of God was established on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem which was in the heart of the land allotment […]
AUGUST 10, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:8-9 And of Levi he said: “Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one, whom You tested at Massah, and with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah — who says of his father and mother, ‘I have not seen them’; nor did he acknowledge his brothers, or know his own children; for they […]
AUGUST 9, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:7 Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people. Let his hands be sufficient for him, and may You be a help against his enemies. The tribe of Judah, as we know, is the royal -– tribe from which Davidic line would descend. Therefore, in most things associated with […]
AUGUST 8, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die, nor let his men be few. Though much of Moses’ blessing for the people was directed to the entire nation, he also was very specific with each of the tribes. If the overall nation was going to succeed in what God called them to do, it […]
AUGUST 7, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:4 Moses commanded a law for us, a heritage of the congregation of Jacob. In the previous devotion, we discussed the importance of a heritage and how it is distinguished from an inheritance. What has been entrusted to God’s people is for all time and cannot be discarded on a whim but […]
AUGUST 6, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:4 Moses commanded a law for us, a heritage of the congregation of Jacob. In these few words much can be understood about the devotion our Jewish friends show toward the Torah. First of all, the words delivered to Moses by the mouth of God were not a passing fad — they […]
AUGUST 4, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:2 The Lord came from Sinai …. From His right hand came a fiery law for them. When God presented the covenant to Israel, it was amidst a display of fire, lightning and thundering. It was so overwhelming that the people, standing at the foot of the mountain, began to tremble. From the midst […]
AUGUST 3, 2023 Deuteronomy 33:2 The Lord came from Sinai .. From His right hand came a fiery law for them. As far as the revelation given to Israel in regard to their call as a nation, Mount Sinai was the starting point. It was here that precepts and principles that had been practiced by […]
