THEOSISEphraem the Syrian
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Deuteronomy 33:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he saw his pre-eminence, that in his portion the teacher was laid up: who was with the princes of the people, and did the justices of the Lord, and his judgment with Israel.
וַיַּ֤רְא רֵאשִׁית֙ ל֔וֹ כִּי־שָׁ֛ם חֶלְקַ֥ת מְחֹקֵ֖ק סָפ֑וּן וַיֵּתֵא֙ רָ֣אשֵׁי עָ֔ם צִדְקַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Josh 1:14Your wives, and children; and cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan: but pass you over armed before your brethren all of you that are strong of hand, and fight for them,
- Josh 4:12The children of Ruben also, and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasses, went armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had commanded them.
- Josh 4:13And forty thousand fighting men by their troops and bands, marched through the plains and fields of the city of Jericho.
- Judg 5:2O you of Israel, that have willingly offered your lives to danger, bless the Lord.
- Josh 22:1At the same time Joshua called the Rubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasses,
- Josh 22:4Therefore as the Lord your God hath given your brethren rest and peace, as he promised: return, and go to your dwellings, and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan:
- Num 32:16But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children:
- Num 32:42Nobe also went, and took Canath with the villages thereof: and he called it by his own name, Nobe.