Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Deuteronomy 33:16
Deuteronomy ‘AT THE BUSH’ Deu_33:16 I Think this is the only reference in the Old Testament to that great vision which underlay Moses’ call and Israel’s deliverance. It occurs in what is called ‘the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death,’ although modern opinion tends to decide that this hymn is indeed much more recent than the days of Moses. There seems a peculiar appropriateness in this reference being put into the mouth of the ancient... read more
Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Deuteronomy 33:12
Deuteronomy ISRAEL THE BELOVED Deu_33:12 . Benjamin was his father’s favourite child, and the imagery of this promise is throughout drawn from the relations between such a child and its father. So far as the future history of the tribes is shadowed in these ‘blessings’ of this great ode, the reference of the text may be to the tribe of Benjamin, as specially distinguished by Saul having been a member of it, and by the Temple having been built on its soil. But we find that each of the... read more