"And he said, the Lord came form Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from Mount Paran, and he came with ten thousand saints; from right hand went a fiery law for them." (Deuteronomy 33:2).
2007-12-30 10:13:11 · 11 answers · asked by Not From The Lebanon 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Moses is speaking about the giving of the law on Mount Sinai.
Certainly that is the primary interpretation. Any interpretation that involves a future fulfillment is questionable.
Remember that poetic language is very often a part of the telling of history - and the giving of prophecy!
god bless
2007-12-30 10:27:11 · answer #1 · answered by happy pilgrim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deuteronomy 33:2 And he said, the Lord from Sinai, And rose up from Sir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints: for His right hand went a fiery law for them.
Moses is saying the Lord came to him on Mount Sinai with understanding as sun the shines in the morning. It was a ray of light that hammered the law like a fire on those stones and cut them onto those two tablets of stone.
2007-12-30 18:43:24 · answer #2 · answered by Theophilus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dt. 33:2-4. The Lord came--Under a beautiful metaphor, borrowed from the dawn and progressive splendor of the sun, the Majesty of God is sublimely described as a divine light which appeared in Sinai and scattered its beams on all the adjoining region in directing Israel's march to Canaan. >>>In these descriptions of a theophania, God is represented as coming from the south, and the allusion is in general to the thunderings and lightnings of Sinai;<<< but other mountains in the same direction are mentioned with it. The location of Seir was on the east of the Ghor; mount Paran was either the chain on the west of the Ghor, or rather the mountains on the southern border of the desert towards the peninsula [ROBINSON]. (Compare Jdg 5:4, 5 Psa 68:7, 8 Hab 3:3 ).
ten thousands of saints--rendered by some, "with the ten thousand of Kadesh," or perhaps better still, "from Meribah" [EWALD].
a fiery law--so called both because of the thunder and lightning which accompanied its promulgation ( Exd 19:16-18 Deu 4:11 ), and the fierce, unrelenting curse denounced against the violation of its precepts ( 2Cr 3:7-9 ). Notwithstanding those awe-inspiring symbols of Majesty that were displayed on Sinai, the law was really given in kindness and love ( Deu 33:3 ), as a means of promoting both the temporal and eternal welfare of the people. And it was "the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob," not only from the hereditary obligation under which that people were laid to observe it, but from its being the grand distinction, the peculiar privilege of the nation.
2007-12-30 18:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by Bob L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That prophecy is about all the 12 Tribes together moving through the Sinai Desert towards Canaan with God's Law they had received at Sinai. It was pronounced by Moses in the form of a blessing. The fire blazing forth at his right hand was the Law, which had just been granted to the Jewish nation. The wrath devastating the nations was the self feeling of fear the nations were taken by as Israel approached Canaan. And the holy ones in God's hands were the Jews.
2007-12-30 18:35:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deuteronomy 33:1-17; Moses blesses the tribes;
The blessing of the Chosen People.
The glorious nature of God is the opening theme here.
The reference is to the giving of the Law when amid fire and the mediatation of angels, God descended on Sinia,
Psalm18:7-9; Habakkuk 3:3;4.
2007-12-30 18:37:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Hebrew hymn representing the conquest of Canaan where various blessings are initiated along with a conclusion.
Furthermore, the hymn delineates where His holy ones "were in his hand" : the Israelites were protected by the Lord.
2007-12-30 18:22:00 · answer #6 · answered by Kazoo M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think this is the time that Moses was told that he would not go to the promised land, because he dishonored God in front of the people(one time but it was big) Moses gave the blessings to the tribes,.God would protect those that were His.
2007-12-30 18:25:18 · answer #7 · answered by HappyCamper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is simply Moses, before he died, rehearsing their experience under the hand of God. Moses says that God led - that God protected - Israel.
There is no prophesy per se here.
2007-12-30 18:24:05 · answer #8 · answered by Eddie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
speaking of Judgment day!....footnotes say to see Dan 7:10
2007-12-30 18:20:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep I agree it is talking about angels there. which translation is that?
2007-12-30 18:22:48 · answer #10 · answered by Rachel J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋