Deuteronomy Chapter 33 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Deuteronomy 33:4

Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
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BBE Deuteronomy 33:4

Moses gave us a law, a heritage for the people of Jacob.
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DARBY Deuteronomy 33:4

Moses commanded us a law, The inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
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KJV Deuteronomy 33:4

Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
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WBT Deuteronomy 33:4

Moses commanded us a law; even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
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WEB Deuteronomy 33:4

Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
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YLT Deuteronomy 33:4

A law hath Moses commanded us, A possession of the assembly of Jacob.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Moses here, identifying himself with the people, uses the third person, and includes himself among those to whom the Law was given; cf. Psalm 20, 21, where David not only speaks of himself in the third person, but addresses such prayers for himself as could only be offered by the people for their king (cf. also Judges 5:12, 15; Habakkuk 3:19). Even the inheritance of the congregation. The "even," which the translators of the Authorized Version have inserted here, were better omitted; the words are in apposition to "law." The Law which Moses communicated to Israel was to remain with them as the inheritance f the congregation. The Bishops' Bible and the Geneva Version have, more correctly, "for an inheritance of the congregation."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4,5) "[Of] the law which Moses commanded us,The inheritance of the congregation of Jacob,When he (Moses) was king in Jeshurun,In the gathering of the heads of the people,The tribes of Israel together."This fourth verse, from its form, is evidently not what Moses said, but an explanatory parenthesis, inserted by the writer, who was probably Joshua. Upon "He was king in Jeshurun," Rashi says, "The Holy One, blessed be He! the yoke of His kingdom is upon them for ever." It may be so. "When the Lord your God was your king," is Samuel's description of the whole history of Israel previous to himself.The certainty that the King of kings, the Messiah of Israel, was and is the Lawgiver and Teacher, and Keeper of all saints, and that there are none of that character who do not "sit at the feet of Jesus," makes the real meaning of the passage perfectly plain, even though the exact grammatical relation of the clauses may be not beyond dispute.