Houbigant, whom Durell follows, reads unto us, instead of unto them. Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2. The Lord came from Sinai— Moses endeavours, in the first place, to make the Israelites sensible of that most signal benefit which God had bestowed upon them, in assuming them to be his peculiar people: as if he had said, "Israel is the favourite nation to whom God was pleased, with most awful solemnity, to declare his laws, and take them into special covenant with himself at mount Sinai;" which mountain, as it was celebrated for the most awful display of the Divine Majesty, and for the grand covenant there made, has here the first place. BibliographyWesley, John. 1685. BibliographyEllicott, Charles John. And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. a fiery law to them, as it here follows. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hcc/deuteronomy-33.html. From Sinai — Beginning at Sinai, where the first appearance of God was. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/wen/deuteronomy-33.html. BibliographyHaydock, George Leo. Deuteronomy 33:2. Jude 1:14-15. Mount Seir, and Mount Paran, were two mountains some little distance from Mount Sinai. By “ten thousands of sanctity,” (306) I do not understand, as many do, the faithful, but the angels, by whom God was accompanied as by a royal retinue; for God also commanded the ark to be placed between the Cherubim, in order to show that the heavenly hosts were around Him. And he said,.... What follows, of which, in some things, he was an eye and ear witness, and in others was inspired by the Spirit of God, to deliver his mind and will concerning the future case and state of the several tribes, after he had observed the common benefit and blessing they all enjoyed, by having such a law given them in the manner it was: the Lord came from Sinai; there he first appeared to Moses, and sent him to Egypt, and wrought miracles by him, and delivered his people Israel from thence, and when they were come to this mount he came down on it, as Aben Ezra, from Gaon, or he came "to" it; so to Zion, Isaiah 59:20, is "out of" or "from Zion", Romans 11:26; here he appeared and gave the law, and from thence went with Israel through the wilderness, and conducted them to the land of Canaan: and rose up from Seir unto them: not to the Edomites which inhabited Seir, as say Jarchi, and the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, but to the Israelites when they compassed the land of Edom; and the Lord was with them, and gave them some signal proofs of his power and providence, kindness and goodness, to them; particularly, as some observe, by appointing a brazen serpent to be erected for the cure those bitten by fiery ones, which was a type of the glorious Redeemer and Saviour, and this was done on the borders of Edom, see Numbers 21:4; for the words here denote some illustrious appearance of the Lord, like that of the rising sun; so the Targum of Onkelos,"the brightness of his glory from Seir was shown unto us;'and that of Jonathan,"and the brightness of the glory of his Shechinah went from Gebal:". Some Hebrew manuscripts write אשׁ דת as one word. Deuteronomy 33:2 Hebrew Study Bible (Apostolic / Interlinear) וַיֹּאמַ֗ר יְהוָ֞ה מִסִּינַ֥י בָּא֙ וְזָרַ֤ח מִשֵּׂעִיר֙ לָ֔מֹו הֹופִ֙יעַ֙ מֵהַ֣ר פָּארָ֔ן וְאָתָ֖ה מֵרִבְבֹ֣ת קֹ֑דֶשׁ מִֽימִינֹ֕ו [אֵשְׁדָּת כ] (אֵ֥שׁ ק) (דָּ֖ת ק) לָֽמֹו׃ From his right hand went a fiery law for them — Our English version here follows the Vulgate. The Lord came — Namely, to the Israelites, manifested himself graciously and gloriously among them. A fiery law. 1859. came. All this was a way of conciliation, as if to say, “These people are worthy that a blessing should rest upon them.” ויאמר ה' מסיני בא: פתח תחלה בשבחו של מקום ואחר כך פתח בצרכיהם של ישראל. Paran — A place where God eminently manifested his presence and goodness both in giving the people flesh which they desired, and in appointing the seventy elders and pouring forth his spirit upon them. "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". God was accompanied by legions of angels, when he delivered the law to the Israelites, who are styled a nation of saints, Numbers xvi. "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tcc/deuteronomy-33.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/deuteronomy-33.html. ten thousands of saints, i.e. The next problem for Muslims who make the claim that Deuteronomy 33:2 is talking about Muhammad (other than the problem of turning Muhammad into God) is that this verse is in the past tense ; it's not talking about someone who will do these things, but someone who has already done them. With ten thousands of saints — That is, with a great company of holy angels, Psalm 68:17, which attended upon him in this great and glorious work of giving the law, as may be gathered from Acts 7:53. "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". As fire was a symbol of the Divine Presence, its moving from one place to another before the Israelites in their journies, is obliquely compared to the sun's rising: he rose up; he shined forth. And it is probable, that when the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, the reflection of the glory shined upon those two mountains. 2. BibliographyCoke, Thomas. Comp. For his critical explanation of the Hebrew word, we refer to his note; which word, thus explained, he observes, will make this law answer exactly to part of the 4th verse of the song of Habakkuk above-mentioned. Habakkuk 2:2. "Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:2". "Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:2". "Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:2". Some, as I conceive improperly, translate it, — “God comes to Sinai,” whereas Moses rather means that he came from thence, when His brightness was made manifest. BibliographyHawker, Robert, D.D. "Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:2". All Rightes Reserved, Larry Pierce, Winterbourne, Ontario.A printed copy of this work can be ordered from: The Baptist Standard Bearer, 1 Iron Oaks Dr, Paris, AR, 72855. So in Isaiah, (Isaiah 6:6,) the Seraphim surround His throne; and Daniel says that he saw “ten thousand times ten thousand,” (Daniel 7:10;) thus designating an infinite multitude, as does Moses also by “ten thousand.” It is probable that both Paul and Stephen derived from this passage their statement that the Law was “ordained by Angels in the hand of a mediator,” (Galatians 3:19; Acts 7:53;) for its authority was greatly confirmed by its having so many witnesses (obsignatores.). Deuteronomy 4:33. A fiery law — The law is termed fiery, because, like fire, it is of a searching, purging, and enflaming nature; because it inflicts fiery wrath on sinners for the violation of it, and principally, because it was delivered out of the midst of fire. BibliographyPoole, Matthew, "Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:2". As the Hebrew reads, the literal rendering would be fire of law, a fire which was a law for them. Hebrew. Deuteronomy 32:2 Hebrew Study Bible (Apostolic / Interlinear) יַעֲרֹ֤ף כַּמָּטָר֙ לִקְחִ֔י תִּזַּ֥ל כַּטַּ֖ל אִמְרָתִ֑י … 1870. 51., and Ezechiel xlviii. And this interpretation may receive some strength from Habakkuk 3:3, where this glorious march of God before his people is remembered; only teman, which signifies the south, is put for Seir, which is here, possibly to signify that that Seir which is here mentioned was to be understood of the southern part of the country of Seir or Edom, which was that part adjoining to the Red Sea. 1874-1909. Comp. We may translate, "He hath shone from Mount Pharan, and multitudes accompanied him. It is as though Moses saw the glory of Jehovah shine forth from the lofty heights of Sinai to the heights of Edom on the east and to the mountains of Paran, which form the boundary of the desert, on the north. "E.W. he shined forth from Mount Paran: in which the metaphor of the sun rising is continued, and as expressive of its increasing light and splendour: near to this mount was a wilderness of the same name, through which the children of Israel travelled, and where the Lord appeared to them: here the cloud rested when they removed from Sinai; here, or near it, the Spirit of the Lord was given to the seventy elders, and from hence the spies were sent into the land of Canaan, Numbers 10:12; in this wilderness Ishmael and his posterity dwelt, Genesis 21:21; but it was not to them the Lord shone forth here, as say the above Jewish writers, and othersF4Vid. An allusion to men who ordinarily write and give gifts with their right hand. Habacuc iii. Go to. (Calmet) --- When he first descended upon Sinai, his glory shone on Pharan and Seir, as it were in its progress thither. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? Deuteronomy 33:2 • Deuteronomy 33:2 NIV • Deuteronomy 33:2 NLT • Deuteronomy 33:2 ESV • Deuteronomy 33:2 NASB • Deuteronomy 33:2 KJV • Deuteronomy 33:2 Commentaries • Deuteronomy 33:2 Bible Apps • Deuteronomy 33:2 Biblia Paralela • Deuteronomy 33:2 Chinese Bible • Deuteronomy 33:2 French Bible • Deuteronomy 33:2 German Bible BibliographyTrapp, John. According to the common interpretation of the passage, the sacred writer refers to the ministering angels who attended at the giving of the law, therefore called fiery, because it was given out of the midst of the appearance of fire. BibliographyBarnes, Albert. "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". --- Saints.