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Deuteronomy 33:11This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 14:61 Kgs 13:11 Kgs 13:61 Sam 2:271 Sam 9:6-71 Tim 6:112 Pet 1:212 Tim 3:17Gen 27:27-29Gen 27:4
Deuteronomy 33:22He said: “The Lord came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 3:3Jude 1:14Rev 5:11Acts 7:53Judg 5:4-5Ps 68:17Ps 68:7-8Heb 2:2Dan 7:9-10Exod 19:18-20
Deuteronomy 33:33Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 10:39Deut 7:6-8Mal 1:21 Pet 1:5Acts 22:3Col 3:3-4Eph 2:4-5Luke 8:35Rom 8:35-391 Sam 2:9
Deuteronomy 33:44Moses delivered to us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 1:17John 7:19Ps 119:111Deut 9:26-29Ps 119:72
Deuteronomy 33:55The Lord was king over Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled, the tribes of Israel together.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:15Judg 17:6Exod 18:16Exod 18:19Gen 36:31Judg 8:22Judg 9:2Num 16:13-15Num 23:21
Deuteronomy 33:66“May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 49:8Num 32:31-32Josh 22:1-9Gen 49:3-4
Deuteronomy 33:77And this is the blessing to Judah. He said, “Listen, O Lord, to Judah’s voice, and bring him to his people. May his power be great, and may you help him against his foes.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 49:8-121 Cor 15:252 Sam 7:9-12Heb 7:14Isa 9:17Luke 19:27Ps 11:1-7Ps 146:5Ps 20:2Ps 21:8
Deuteronomy 33:88Of Levi he said: “Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one, whose authority you challenged at Massah, and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 17:7Exod 28:30Num 20:13Lev 8:8Ps 106:161 Sam 28:62 Chr 23:6Deut 8:16Deut 8:2-3Exod 28:36
Deuteronomy 33:99He said to his father and mother, ‘I have not seen him,’ and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 32:25-29Matt 10:37Jer 18:18Lev 21:11Luke 14:26Matt 12:481 Chr 17:172 Cor 5:16Gal 1:10Gen 29:32
Deuteronomy 33:1010They will teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 10:11Ps 51:191 Sam 2:28Deut 17:9-11Exod 30:7-8Ezek 43:272 Chr 17:8-102 Chr 26:182 Chr 30:22Deut 24:8
Deuteronomy 33:1111Bless, O Lord, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 24:23Ezek 20:40-41Ezek 43:271 Thess 4:8Amos 5:10Deut 18:1-5Isa 29:21Jer 15:10Luke 10:10-12Luke 10:16
Deuteronomy 33:1212Of Benjamin he said: “The beloved of the Lord will live safely by him; he protects him all the time, and the Lord places him on his chest.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 15:2Matt 23:37Ps 91:4Isa 51:161 Kgs 12:212 Chr 11:12 Chr 17:17-19Deut 12:10Isa 37:22Isa 37:35
Deuteronomy 33:1313Of Joseph he said: “May the Lord bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 49:22-26Mic 5:7Hos 14:5Isa 18:4Prov 19:12Prov 3:20Deut 32:2Gen 27:28-29Gen 48:15-20Gen 48:9
Deuteronomy 33:1414with the harvest produced by the daylight and by the moonlight;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:172 Sam 23:4Acts 14:17Deut 28:8Lev 26:4Mal 4:2Matt 5:45Ps 104:19Ps 65:9-13Ps 74:16
Deuteronomy 33:1515with the best of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hab 3:6Gen 49:26Jas 5:7
Deuteronomy 33:1616with the harvest of the earth and its fullness and the pleasure of him who resided in the burning bush. May blessing rest on Joseph’s head, and on the top of the head of the one set apart from his brothers.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 7:35Exod 3:2-4Ps 24:12 Cor 12:7-10Acts 7:30-33Gen 37:28Gen 37:36Gen 39:2-3Gen 43:32Gen 45:9-11
Deuteronomy 33:1717May the firstborn of his bull bring him honor, and may his horns be those of a wild ox; with them may he gore all peoples, all the far reaches of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:11Num 23:22Ps 44:5Gen 48:19Num 24:8Ps 92:101 Chr 5:12 Chr 18:10Hos 5:3Hos 6:4
Deuteronomy 33:1818Of Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, when you go outside, and Issachar, when you are in your tents.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 49:13-15Josh 19:11Judg 5:14
Deuteronomy 33:1919They will summon peoples to the mountain, there they will sacrifice proper sacrifices; for they will enjoy the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the shores.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 60:5Isa 2:3Ps 4:5Exod 15:17Ps 50:13-15Ps 51:16-171 Pet 2:5Deut 32:13Heb 13:15-16Isa 60:16
Deuteronomy 33:2020Of Gad he said: “Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he will dwell; he will tear at an arm—indeed, a scalp.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 49:191 Chr 12:37-381 Chr 12:8-141 Chr 4:101 Chr 5:18-21Gen 9:26-27Josh 13:10Josh 13:24-28Josh 13:8Mic 5:8
Deuteronomy 33:2121He has selected the best part for himself, for the portion of the ruler is set aside there; he came with the leaders of the people, he obeyed the righteous laws of the Lord and his ordinances with Israel.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 1:14Josh 22:1-4Josh 4:12-13Judg 5:11Judg 5:2Num 32:1-6Num 32:16-42
Deuteronomy 33:2222Of Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub; he will leap forth from Bashan.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 19:47Judg 18:271 Chr 12:35Gen 49:16-17Judg 13:2Judg 13:24-25Judg 14:19Judg 14:6Judg 15:15Judg 15:8
Deuteronomy 33:2323Of Naphtali he said: “O Naphtali, overflowing with favor, and full of the Lord ’s blessing, possess the west and south.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 49:21Jer 31:14Matt 4:16Ps 36:8Matt 4:13Ps 90:14Josh 19:32-39Isa 9:1-2Matt 11:28
Deuteronomy 33:2424Of Asher he said: “Asher is blessed with children; may he be favored by his brothers, and may he dip his foot in olive oil.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 49:20Job 29:6Prov 3:3-4Rom 14:18Ps 128:6Acts 7:10Ps 128:3Exod 12:10Ps 115:15Rom 15:31
Deuteronomy 33:2525The bars of your gates will be made of iron and bronze, and may you have lifelong strength.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 41:10Col 1:11Isa 40:29Phil 4:13Ps 138:32 Chr 16:9Eph 6:102 Cor 12:9-10Deut 32:47Deut 4:40
Deuteronomy 33:2626“There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 15:11Isa 43:11-13Hab 3:8Jer 10:6Isa 19:1Ps 104:3Ps 68:33-34Ps 86:8Deut 32:15Isa 40:18
Deuteronomy 33:2727The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said, “Destroy!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 90:1-2Ps 18:2Isa 25:4Ps 46:1Ps 91:1-2Prov 18:10Ps 91:9Rom 16:201 Pet 1:5Isa 26:4
Deuteronomy 33:2828Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens rain down dew.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 23:9Exod 33:16Gen 27:28Jer 23:6Rev 21:27Deut 11:11Jer 33:16Ps 68:26Deut 32:2Deut 33:13
Deuteronomy 33:2929You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 12:2Isa 45:17Deut 4:7-8Ps 115:9-112 Sam 7:23Gen 15:1Num 23:20-242 Sam 22:45Isa 34:5-6Ps 84:11
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