Deuteronomy 33:5

A Historical Review

⁴ Moses commanded us a law, The inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. ⁵ And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people And the tribes of Israel were gathered together. ⁶ Let Reuben live, and not die; And let his men be few.

As One Man

People of Israel

Tribes of Israel

Israel

Jeshurun

Reuben

Deuteronomy 32:15

Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness; He gave up +God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Genesis 36:31

And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before there reigned a king over the children of Israel.

Exodus 18:16

When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known to them the statutes of God, and his laws.

Exodus 18:19

Hearken now to my voice: I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee. Be thou for the people with God, and bring the matters before God;

Numbers 16:13-15

Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that thou must make thyself altogether a ruler over us?

Numbers 23:21

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.

Judges 8:22

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Mid'ian."

Judges 9:2

"Say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubba'al rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."

Judges 17:6

In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.