Deuteronomy 33:5

A Historical Review

⁴ A law, did Moses command us, - A possession, for the convocation of Jacob. ⁵ Thus became he in, Jeshurun, a king, - When the heads of the people gathered them-selves together, As one man, the tribes of Israel. Reuben - ⁶ Let Reuben live and not die, - Nor his men he easily counted.

As One Man

People of Israel

Tribes of Israel

Israel

Jeshurun

Reuben

Deuteronomy 32:15

Then Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou wast fat, Thou wast thick, Thou wast gorged, So he forsook the GOD who made him, And treated as foolish his Rock of salvation.

Genesis 36:31

And, these, are the kings, who reigned in the land of Edom, - before there reigned a king of the sons of Israel:

Exodus 18:16

When they have a matter, they come in unto me, then do I judge between a man and his neighbour, - and make known the statutes of God and his laws.

Exodus 18:19

Now, hearken thou to my voice - let me counsel thee, and may God be with thee: Be, thou, for the people, in front of God, so shalt, thou, bring the matters unto God;

Numbers 16:13-15

Was it, a small thing, that thou didst bring us up out of land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the desert but thou must, continue even to lord it, over us?

Numbers 23:21

He hath not discovered trouble in Jacob, Neither hath he seen wretchedness in Israel, - Yahweh, his God, is with him, And, the acclaim of a king, in his midst:

Judges 8:22

Then said the men of Israel, unto Gideon, Rule over us - even thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, - for thou hast saved us out of the power of Midian.

Judges 9:2

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the owners of Shechem - Which is better for you, that there should rule over you, seventy men, all sons of Jerubbaal, or that there should rule over you, one man? And remember that, your bone and your flesh, am I.

Judges 17:6

In those days, there was no king in Israel, - every man did, that which was right in his own eyes.