Deuteronomy 33:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

The first part

Numbers 32:1

A portion

Numbers 32:33

Joshua 1:14

Joshua 22:4

He came

Numbers 32:16

Joshua 4:12

Judges 5:2

General references

Genesis 49:19

Bible References

The first part

Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had an exceedingly large number of livestock. So when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was indeed a place suitable for livestock,

A portion

So Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Joseph’s son Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan, the land with its cities with their territories, the cities of the surrounding land.

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but you shall cross before your brothers in battle array, all your valiant warriors, and shall help them,

And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as He spoke to them; therefore turn now and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan.

He came

Then they came near to him and said, “We will build here sheepfolds for our livestock and cities for our little ones;

The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle array before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them;

“That the leaders led in Israel,
That the people volunteered,
Bless the Lord!

General references

“As for Gad, raiders shall raid him,
But he will raid at their heels.