Compare Habakkuk 3:3. rose up. Pirke Eliezer, c. 41. ; but to the Israelites, for here Moses repeated the law, or delivered to them what is contained in the book of Deuteronomy, see Deuteronomy 1:1; beside, in a literal sense, as these mountains were very near one another, as Saadiah Gaon observes, the great light which shone on Mount Sinai, when the Lord descended on it, might extend to the other mountains and illuminate them, see Habakkuk 3:3. and he came with ten thousands of saints: or holy angels, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, and so Jarchi; which sense is confirmed by the authorities of Stephen the protomartyr, and the Apostle Paul, who speak of the law as given by the disposition of angels, they being present, attending and assisting on that solemn occasion, Acts 7:57; see Psalm 68:17; the appearance of those holy spirits in such great numbers added to the grandeur and solemnity of the giving of the holy law to the people of Israel, as the attendance of the same on Christ at his second coming will add to the lustre and glory of it, Luke 9:26. from his right hand went a fiery law for them: the Israelites; Aben Ezra thinks the phrase, "his right hand", is in connection with the preceding clause; and the sense is, that fire came from the law, thousands of saints were at the right hand of God to surround Israel, as the horses of fire and chariots of fire surrounded Elisha; and the meaning of the last words, "a law for them", a law which stands or abides continually; and so the Septuagint version is,"at his right hand angels with him:'no doubt that law is meant which came from God on Mount Sinai, by the ministration of angels, into the hand of Moses; called a fiery law, because it was given out of the midst of the fire, Deuteronomy 5:26; so the Targum of Onkelos. The first giving of the law was accompanied with splendor, and the retinue of angels: for the law is said to be given by the disposition of angels. "Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:2". Judges 5:4-5, and Habakkuk 3:3. 3. 2. 1765. BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. "Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:2". And he came with ten thousands of saints — Literally, from myriads of holiness. This fire wherein the law was given, and shall be required, is still in it, and will never out; hence are those terrors which it flasheth in every conscience that hath felt remorse of sin. "Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:2". Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. Deuteronomy 4:12; Deuteronomy 5:22; Deuteronomy 5:33. BibliographyWesley, John. Deuteronomy 33:2 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. xxxii. All Rightes Reserved, Larry Pierce, Winterbourne, Ontario.A printed copy of this work can be ordered from: The Baptist Standard Bearer, 1 Iron Oaks Dr, Paris, AR, 72855. Go to. "Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:2". Galatians 1:3, Galatians 1:19. Thus God both wrote and gave the law. "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". Comp. Hebrew. 1599-1645. BibliographyHaydock, George Leo. "The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law." "E.W. God is represented as leaving heaven where He dwells amidst the host of the Angels 1 Kings 22:19 and descending in majesty to earth Micah 1:3. Deuteronomy 7:7,8 The LORD did not set his love on you, nor choose you, because you … (307) The Law is called fiery, in order to inspire terror and to enforce humility upon them all; although I am not adverse to the opinion that Moses alludes in this epithet to the outward signs of fire and flame, of which he spoke in Exodus 20:0. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/whe/deuteronomy-33.html. From his right hand went a fiery law for them — Our English version here follows the Vulgate. And rose up from Seir unto them, &c. — The plain meaning of the word is, that the same divine presence which was manifested to them on mount Sinai, accompanied them through all their journeys and encampments, especially about mount Seir and Paran, the principal places of their abode, till they came to the plains of Moab, where they were now encamped. The word is much disputed. But because the land of Seir or Edom is sometimes taken more largely, and so reacheth even to the Red Sea, as appears from 1 Kings 9:26, and therefore Mount Sinai was near to it; and because Paran, which here follows, was also near Sinai, as being the next station into which they came from the wilderness of Sinai, Numbers 10:12; all this verse may belong to God’s appearance in Mount Sinai, where that glorious light which shone upon Mount-Sinai directly did in all probability scatter its beams into adjacent parts, such as Seir and Paean were; and so this is only a poetical and prophetical variation of the phrase and expression of the same thing in divers words, and God coming, or rising, or shining from or to or in Sinai, and Sear, and Paran note one and the same illustrious action of God appearing there with, ten thousands of his saints or holy angels, and there giving. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/gsb/deuteronomy-33.html. dath, an edict, or mandate. God was accompanied by legions of angels, when he delivered the law to the Israelites, who are styled a nation of saints, Numbers xvi. From Sinai — Beginning at Sinai, where the first appearance of God was. Compare Psalms 68:17. By way of ornament, the same thing is repeated with respect to Seir and Paran; and, since these three words are synonymous, therefore to go forth, to rise up, and to come, also represent the same thing, viz., that manifestation of the divine glory which should have ravished into admiration the minds of all; as though he had said that his blessings were to be received with the same reverence, as that which God had procured for His Law, when His face was conspicuously displayed on Mount Sinai. Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/deuteronomy-33.html. As the Hebrew reads, the literal rendering would be fire of law, a fire which was a law for them. He came with ten thousands of his saints — Or holy ones, that is, angels, who attended him at the giving of the law, Psalms 68:17; see also Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19, and Hebrews 2:2. BibliographyTorrey, R. A. beginning at Sinai, where the first and most glorious appearance of God was, and so going on with them to Seir and Paran. With. Some, as I conceive improperly, translate it, — “God comes to Sinai,” whereas Moses rather means that he came from thence, when His brightness was made manifest. "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". Deuteronomy 33:5 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel; also in verse 26. He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes. 3, mentions this apparition. 1874-1909. According to the common interpretation of the passage, the sacred writer refers to the ministering angels who attended at the giving of the law, therefore called fiery, because it was given out of the midst of the appearance of fire. "His brightness was as the sun, horns, or rather splendours (issuing forth) from his hand," &c. (Kennicott). Deuteronomy 33:6 Or but let; Deuteronomy 33:16 Or of the one separated from; Deuteronomy 33:28 Septuagint; Hebrew Jacob’s spring is The law is called fiery, partly, because it is of a fiery nature, purging, and searching, and inflaming, for which reasons God’s word is compared to fire, Jeremiah 23:29; partly, to signify that fiery wrath and curse which it inflicteth upon sinners for the violation of it, 2 Corinthians 3:7,9; and principally, because it was delivered out of the midst of the fire, Exodus 19:16,18 Deu 4:11 5:22,23.
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