1-5 The majesty of God 6-25 The blessings of the twelve tribes 26-29 The excellency of Israel

the blessing Ge 27:4,27-29 49:1,28 Lu 24:50,51 Joh 14:27 16:33

the man Jos 14:6 Jer 13:6 1Sa 2:27 9:6,7 1Ki 13:1,6 Ps 90:1 1Ti 6:11 2Ti 3:17 2Pe 1:21

2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

came from Sinai Ex 19:18-20 Jud 5:4,5 Hab 3:3

ten thousands Ps 68:7,17 Da 7:9 Ac 7:53 Ga 3:19 2Th 1:7 Heb 2:2 Jude 1:14 Re 5:11

a fiery law [heb] a fire of law De 5:22 2Co 3:7,9 Ga 3:10 Heb 12:20

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.

he loved De 7:7,8 Ex 19:5,6 Ps 47:4 147:19,20 Jer 31:3 Ho 11:1 Mal 1:2 Ro 9:11-13 Eph 2:4,5 1Jo 4:19

all his saints De 7:6 1Sa 2:9 Ps 31:15 50:5 Jer 32:40 Joh 10:28,29 17:11-15 Ro 8:35-39 Col 3:3,4 1Pe 1:5

they sat Lu 2:46 8:35 10:39 Ac 22:3

shall receive Pr 2:1 1Th 1:6

4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

Moses Joh 1:17 7:19

the inheritance De 9:26-29 Ps 119:72,111

5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

king Ge 36:31 Ex 18:16,19 Nu 16:13-15 Jud 8:22 9:2 17:6

Jeshurun De 32:15

6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

Ge 49:3,4,8 Nu 32:31,32 Jos 22:1-9

7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

and bring Ge 49:8-12 Jud 1:1 Ps 78:68,70 Mic 5:2 Mal 3:1 Heb 7:14

let his hands 2Sa 3:1 Re 19:13-16

and be thou 2Sa 7:9-12 Ps 11:1-7 20:2 21:1,8 110:1,2 146:5 Lu 19:27 1Co 15:25 Re 20:10-15

8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

Let thy Ex 28:30,36 Le 8:8 Nu 27:21 1Sa 28:6 Ezr 2:63 Ne 7:65

with thy Le 21:7 Nu 16:5 2Ch 23:6 Ezr 8:28 Ps 16:10 106:16 Heb 7:26 Re 3:7

prove at De 8:2,3,16 Ex 17:7 Nu 20:13 Ps 81:7

9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

Who said Ex 32:25-29 Le 10:6 21:11 Mt 10:37 12:48 22:16 Lu 14:26 2Co 5:16 Ga 1:10 1Th 2:4 1Ti 5:21

I have not Ge 29:32 1Ch 17:17 Job 37:24

for they Jer 18:18 Mal 2:5-7

10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

They shall teach. or, Let them teach, etc. De 17:9-11 24:8 Le 10:11 2Ch 17:8-10 30:22 Ne 8:1-9,13-15,18 Eze 44:23,24 Ho 4:6 Mal 2:6-8 Mt 23:2,3 Joh 21:15,16

they shall put incense. or, let them put incense Ex 30:7,8 Nu 16:40,46 1Sa 2:28 2Ch 26:18 Lu 1:9,10 Heb 7:25 9:24 Re 8:3-5

before thee [heb] at thy nose
whole Le 1:9,13,17 9:12,13 Ps 51:19 Eze 43:27

11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

his substance De 18:1-5 Nu 18:8-20 35:2-8

accept 2Sa 24:23 Ps 20:3 Eze 20:40,41 43:27 Mal 1:8-10

smite Isa 29:21 Jer 15:10 Am 5:10 Mt 10:14,15 Lu 10:10-12,16 1Th 4:8

12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

The beloved De 32:27-29 Jos 18:11-28 Jud 1:21 1Ki 12:21 2Ch 11:1 15:2 17:17-19 Ps 132:14 Isa 37:22,35

cover him Ps 91:4 Isa 51:16 Mt 23:37

13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

Joseph Ge 48:5,9,15-20 49:22-26

the dew De 32:2 Ge 27:28,29 Job 29:19 Ps 110:3 Pr 3:20 19:12 Isa 18:4 Ho 14:5 Mic 5:7 Zec 8:12

14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

the precious De 28:8 Le 26:4 2Sa 23:4 Ps 65:9-13 74:16 84:11 Mal 4:2 Mt 5:45 Ac 14:17 1Ti 6:17

put forth [heb] thrust forth
moon [heb] moons Ps 8:3 104:19 Re 22:2

15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,

Ge 49:26 Hab 3:6 Jas 5:7

16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

the earth Ps 24:1 50:12 89:11 Jer 8:16 1Co 10:26,28

the good Ex 3:2-4 Mr 12:26 Lu 2:14 Ac 7:30-33,35 2Co 12:7-10

and upon the top Ge 37:28,36 39:2,3 43:32 45:9-11 49:26 Heb 7:26

17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

the firstling 1Ch 5:1

his horns Nu 23:22 24:8 Job 39:9,10 Ps 22:21 29:6 92:10 Isa 34:7

unicorns [heb] an unicorn
he shall push 1Ki 22:11 2Ch 18:10 Ps 44:5

the ten thousands Ge 48:19 Nu 26:34,37 Ho 5:3 6:4 7:1

18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

Ge 49:13-15 Jos 19:11 Jud 5:14

19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

call the people Isa 2:3 Jer 50:4,5 Mic 4:2

they shall Ps 4:5 50:13-15 51:16,17 107:22 Heb 13:15,16 1Pe 2:5

suck of De 32:13 Isa 60:5,16 66:11,12

20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

Blessed Ge 9:26,27 Jos 13:8,10,24-28 1Ch 4:10 12:8,37,38 Ps 18:19,36

he dwelleth 1Ch 5:18-21

21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

the first part Nu 32:1-6,16,17

a portion Nu 32:33 Jos 1:14 22:4

seated [heb] cieled
he came Nu 32:16,21 Jos 4:12,13 Jud 5:2,11

22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

Ge 49:16,17 Jos 19:47 Jud 13:2,24,25 14:6,19 15:8,15 16:30 18:27 1Ch 12:35

23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

O Ge 49:21 Ps 36:8 90:14 Isa 9:1,2 Jer 31:14 Mt 4:13,16 11:28

possess Jos 19:32-39

24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

Asher be blessed Ge 49:20 Ps 115:15 128:3,6

let him be Pr 3:3,4 Ex 12:10 Ac 7:10 Ro 14:18 15:31

let him dip Job 29:6

25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

Thy shoes, etc. or, Under thy shoes shall be iron De 8:9 Lu 15:22 Eph 6:15

and as thy 2Ch 16:9 Ps 138:3 Isa 40:29 41:10 1Co 10:13 2Co 12:9,10 Eph 6:10 Php 4:13 Col 1:11

26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

none Ex 15:11 Ps 86:8 Isa 40:18,25 43:11-13 Jer 10:6

jeshurun De 32:15

rideth Ps 18:10 68:4,33,34 104:3 Isa 19:1 Hab 3:8

27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

eternal 1Sa 15:29 Ps 90:1,2 102:24 Isa 9:6 25:4 57:15 Jer 10:10 Mic 5:2 1Ti 1:17 Heb 9:14

refuge Ps 18:2 27:5 36:7 46:1,7,11 48:3 91:1,2,9,15 Pr 18:10 Isa 32:2 Lu 13:34 Php 3:9

underneath Ge 49:24 Pr 10:25 So 2:6 Isa 26:4 1Pe 1:5 Jude 1:24

thrust De 9:3-5 Joh 10:28,29 Ro 8:2 16:20 Re 20:2,3,10

28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

Israel Ex 33:16 Nu 23:9 Jer 23:6 33:16 Eze 34:25 Re 21:27 22:14,15

the fountain De 8:7,8 Ps 68:26 Pr 5:15-18 Isa 48:1

his De 33:13 11:11 32:2 Ge 27:28

29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Happy De 4:7,8 Nu 23:20-24 24:5 2Sa 7:23 Ps 33:12 144:15

saved Isa 12:2 45:17 1Ti 4:10

the shield Ge 15:1 Ps 84:11 115:9-11

the sword Jud 7:20 Ps 7:12 45:3 Isa 27:1 34:5,6 Jer 12:12 47:6 Re 1:16 19:21

found liars. or, subdued 2Sa 22:45 Ps 18:44 18:44 66:3 81:15

thou shalt De 32:13 Jos 10:24,25 Hab 3:19