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Deuteronomy Outline

      • Moses blesses the tribes (1-29)

        • Jehovah’s “everlasting arms” (27)

Deuteronomy 33:1

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:28

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1973, p. 752

    3/1/1964, p. 160

    11/1/1963, pp. 653-654

  • Publications Index

    w73 752; ad 1356; w64 160; w63 654

Deuteronomy 33:2

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “were tens of thousands of holy ones.”

Marginal References

  • +Ex 19:18
  • +Hab 3:3
  • +Da 7:10; Jude 14
  • +Ps 68:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 680

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1973, p. 752

    7/1/1961, p. 416

  • Publications Index

    it-1 680;

    w73 752; ad 486, 1581-1582; w61 416; w46 197; w34 180; jh 288

Deuteronomy 33:3

Marginal References

  • +De 7:8; Ho 11:1
  • +Ex 19:6
  • +Ex 19:23
  • +Ex 20:19

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1973, p. 752

  • Publications Index

    w73 752

Deuteronomy 33:4

Marginal References

  • +Ex 24:8
  • +De 4:8; Ac 7:53

Deuteronomy 33:5

Footnotes

  • *

    Meaning “Upright One,” an honorary title for Israel.

Marginal References

  • +Isa 44:2
  • +Ex 18:25; 19:7
  • +Nu 1:44, 46

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 51

    “Eternal Purpose,” pp. 118-119

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/1971, pp. 742-743

  • Publications Index

    it-2 51;

    po 118-119; w71 743; w43 245; jh 268, 272; w33 165; w31 154

Deuteronomy 33:6

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:3
  • +Nu 26:7; Jos 13:15

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    ad 1503

Deuteronomy 33:7

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “contended for.”

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:8; 1Ch 5:2
  • +Ps 78:68
  • +Jg 1:2; 2Sa 7:8, 9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1984, p. 25

  • Publications Index

    w84 7/15 25

Deuteronomy 33:8

Footnotes

  • *

    “Your” and “you” in this verse refer to God.

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:5; Nu 3:12
  • +Ex 28:30; Le 8:6, 8
  • +Ex 32:26
  • +Ex 17:7
  • +Nu 20:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 350, 1144

  • Publications Index

    it-2 350, 1144;

    ad 1121, 1142, 1627; g65 8/8 28; w36 327

Deuteronomy 33:9

Marginal References

  • +Ex 32:27; Le 10:6, 7
  • +Mal 2:4, 5

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    g32 6/8 570

Deuteronomy 33:10

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “in your nose.”

Marginal References

  • +De 17:9
  • +2Ch 17:8, 9; Mal 2:7
  • +Ex 30:7; Nu 16:40
  • +Le 1:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    3/1/1963, p. 137

  • Publications Index

    ad 1341, 1400; w63 137

Deuteronomy 33:11

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “hips.”

Deuteronomy 33:12

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:27

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 936

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1962, pp. 405-407

  • Publications Index

    it-2 936;

    ad 1497; w62 406; w40 280

Deuteronomy 33:13

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:22
  • +Jos 16:1
  • +Ge 49:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1962, pp. 405-407

  • Publications Index

    ad 448; w62 406; w36 342

Deuteronomy 33:14

Marginal References

  • +Le 26:5; Ps 65:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 430

  • Publications Index

    it-2 430;

    ad 1177, 1559

Deuteronomy 33:15

Footnotes

  • *

    Or possibly, “the mountains of the east.”

Marginal References

  • +Jos 17:17, 18

Deuteronomy 33:16

Marginal References

  • +De 8:7, 8
  • +Ex 3:4; Ac 7:30
  • +Ge 37:7; 49:26; 1Ch 5:1, 2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 380

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1962, pp. 369-371

  • Publications Index

    it-1 380;

    ad 270; w62 370

Deuteronomy 33:17

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “gore.”

Marginal References

  • +Ge 48:19, 20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1144

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 305-306

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1972, p. 444

    7/15/1962, pp. 422-423

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1144; it-2 305-306;

    w72 444; ad 526, 1102; w62 422; ns 120; w42 119

Deuteronomy 33:18

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:13
  • +Ge 49:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1222

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1962, pp. 398-400

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1222;

    ad 1683; w62 399; w41 102

Deuteronomy 33:19

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “will suck the abundance of.”

  • *

    Or “treasures.”

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 861

  • Publications Index

    it-2 861;

    ad 1446; g61 1/22 26

Deuteronomy 33:20

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:19
  • +Jos 13:24-28

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    ad 612

Deuteronomy 33:21

Marginal References

  • +Nu 32:1-5
  • +Jos 22:1, 4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 225

  • Publications Index

    it-2 225;

    ad 367, 1046-1047

Deuteronomy 33:22

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:16
  • +Jg 13:2, 24; 15:8, 20; 16:30
  • +Jos 19:47

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 573

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1962, pp. 400-402

  • Publications Index

    it-1 573;

    ad 414; w62 401

Deuteronomy 33:23

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 470

  • Publications Index

    it-2 470;

    ad 1204

Deuteronomy 33:24

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “bathe.”

Marginal References

  • +Ge 49:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 190-191, 847

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 546

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1962, pp. 401-403

  • Publications Index

    it-1 190, 847; it-2 546;

    ad 592, 1246; w62 402

Deuteronomy 33:25

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “And like your days will be your strength.”

Marginal References

  • +De 8:7, 9

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    ad 462; w34 141

Deuteronomy 33:26

Marginal References

  • +Ex 15:11
  • +Isa 44:2
  • +Ps 68:32-34

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 51

  • Publications Index

    it-2 51;

    ad 731; jh 268; w33 165

Deuteronomy 33:27

Marginal References

  • +Ps 46:11; 91:2
  • +Isa 40:11
  • +De 9:3
  • +De 31:3, 4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    11/2021, pp. 6-7

    Life and Ministry Meeting Workbook,

    9/2021, p. 2

    Pure Worship, p. 120

    The Watchtower,

    10/1/1991, p. 13

  • Publications Index

    w21.11 6; mwb21.09 2; rr 120; w91 10/1 13;

    ad 123; jh 279; w33 168; w30 166

Deuteronomy 33:28

Marginal References

  • +De 8:7, 8
  • +De 11:11

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    ad 42, 448; w36 342

Deuteronomy 33:29

Footnotes

  • *

    Or possibly, “high places.”

Marginal References

  • +Ps 33:12; 144:15; 146:5
  • +De 4:7; 2Sa 7:23; Ps 147:20
  • +Ps 27:1; Isa 12:2
  • +Ps 115:9
  • +Ps 66:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1107

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/1956, pp. 697-699

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1107;

    ad 151, 766; w56 698

Parallel Translations

Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.

General

Deut. 33:1Ge 49:28
Deut. 33:2Ex 19:18
Deut. 33:2Hab 3:3
Deut. 33:2Da 7:10; Jude 14
Deut. 33:2Ps 68:17
Deut. 33:3De 7:8; Ho 11:1
Deut. 33:3Ex 19:6
Deut. 33:3Ex 19:23
Deut. 33:3Ex 20:19
Deut. 33:4Ex 24:8
Deut. 33:4De 4:8; Ac 7:53
Deut. 33:5Isa 44:2
Deut. 33:5Ex 18:25; 19:7
Deut. 33:5Nu 1:44, 46
Deut. 33:6Ge 49:3
Deut. 33:6Nu 26:7; Jos 13:15
Deut. 33:7Ge 49:8; 1Ch 5:2
Deut. 33:7Ps 78:68
Deut. 33:7Jg 1:2; 2Sa 7:8, 9
Deut. 33:8Ge 49:5; Nu 3:12
Deut. 33:8Ex 28:30; Le 8:6, 8
Deut. 33:8Ex 32:26
Deut. 33:8Ex 17:7
Deut. 33:8Nu 20:13
Deut. 33:9Ex 32:27; Le 10:6, 7
Deut. 33:9Mal 2:4, 5
Deut. 33:10De 17:9
Deut. 33:102Ch 17:8, 9; Mal 2:7
Deut. 33:10Ex 30:7; Nu 16:40
Deut. 33:10Le 1:9
Deut. 33:12Ge 49:27
Deut. 33:13Ge 49:22
Deut. 33:13Jos 16:1
Deut. 33:13Ge 49:25
Deut. 33:14Le 26:5; Ps 65:9
Deut. 33:15Jos 17:17, 18
Deut. 33:16De 8:7, 8
Deut. 33:16Ex 3:4; Ac 7:30
Deut. 33:16Ge 37:7; 49:26; 1Ch 5:1, 2
Deut. 33:17Ge 48:19, 20
Deut. 33:18Ge 49:13
Deut. 33:18Ge 49:14
Deut. 33:20Ge 49:19
Deut. 33:20Jos 13:24-28
Deut. 33:21Nu 32:1-5
Deut. 33:21Jos 22:1, 4
Deut. 33:22Ge 49:16
Deut. 33:22Jg 13:2, 24; 15:8, 20; 16:30
Deut. 33:22Jos 19:47
Deut. 33:23Ge 49:21
Deut. 33:24Ge 49:20
Deut. 33:25De 8:7, 9
Deut. 33:26Ex 15:11
Deut. 33:26Isa 44:2
Deut. 33:26Ps 68:32-34
Deut. 33:27Ps 46:11; 91:2
Deut. 33:27Isa 40:11
Deut. 33:27De 9:3
Deut. 33:27De 31:3, 4
Deut. 33:28De 8:7, 8
Deut. 33:28De 11:11
Deut. 33:29Ps 33:12; 144:15; 146:5
Deut. 33:29De 4:7; 2Sa 7:23; Ps 147:20
Deut. 33:29Ps 27:1; Isa 12:2
Deut. 33:29Ps 115:9
Deut. 33:29Ps 66:3
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
Deuteronomy 33:1-29

Deuteronomy

33 Now this is the blessing that Moses the man of the true God pronounced on the Israelites before his death.+ 2 He said:

“Jehovah—from Siʹnai he came,+

And he shone upon them from Seʹir.

He shone forth in glory from the mountainous region of Paʹran,+

And with him were holy myriads,*+

At his right hand his warriors.+

 3 He had affection for his people;+

All their holy ones are in your hand.+

They were sitting at your feet;+

They began to listen to your words.+

 4 (Moses gave us a command, a law,+

As a possession of the congregation of Jacob.)+

 5 And He became king in Jeshʹu·run,*+

When the heads of the people gathered together,+

Along with all the tribes of Israel.+

 6 Let Reuʹben live and not die off,+

And may his men not become few.”+

 7 And he pronounced this blessing on Judah:+

“Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah,+

And may you bring him back to his people.

His arms have defended* what belongs to him,

And may you help him against his adversaries.”+

 8 Of Leʹvi he said:+

“Your* Thumʹmim and your Uʹrim+ belong to the man loyal to you,+

Whom you put to the test at Masʹsah.+

You began to contend with him by the waters of Merʹi·bah,+

 9 The man who said to his father and his mother, ‘I have not shown regard to them.’

Even his brothers he did not acknowledge,+

And he ignored his own sons.

For they kept your word,

And they observed your covenant.+

10 Let them instruct Jacob in your judicial decisions+

And Israel in your Law.+

Let them offer up incense as a pleasant aroma for you*+

And a whole offering on your altar.+

11 Bless, O Jehovah, his strength,

And may you show pleasure in the work of his hands.

Crush the legs* of those who rise up against him,

So that those who hate him may rise up no more.”

12 Of Benjamin he said:+

“Let the beloved one of Jehovah reside in security by him;

While he shelters him the whole day,

He will reside between his shoulders.”

13 Of Joseph he said:+

“May his land be blessed by Jehovah+

With the choice things of heaven,

With dew and the waters from the springs below,+

14 With choice things produced by the sun

And the choice yield each month,+

15 With the choicest things from the ancient mountains*+

And choice things of the enduring hills,

16 With the choice things of the earth and what fills it,+

And with the approval of the One residing in the thornbush.+

May they come upon the head of Joseph,

On the crown of the head of the one singled out from his brothers.+

17 His splendor is like that of a firstborn bull,

And his horns are the horns of a wild bull.

With them he will push* peoples

All together to the ends of the earth.

They are the tens of thousands of Eʹphra·im,+

And they are the thousands of Ma·nasʹseh.”

18 Of Zebʹu·lun he said:+

“Rejoice, O Zebʹu·lun, in your going out,

And you, Isʹsa·char, in your tents.+

19 They will call peoples to the mountain.

There they will offer the sacrifices of righteousness.

For they will draw from the abundant wealth of* the seas

And the hidden hoards* of the sand.”

20 Of Gad he said:+

“Blessed is the one widening the borders of Gad.+

He lies there like a lion,

Ready to tear off the arm, yes, the crown of the head.

21 He will select the first portion for himself,+

For there the allotment of a lawgiver is reserved.+

The heads of the people will gather together.

The righteousness of Jehovah he will execute,

And his judicial decisions with Israel.”

22 Of Dan he said:+

“Dan is a lion cub.+

He will leap out from Baʹshan.”+

23 Of Naphʹta·li he said:+

“Naphʹta·li is satisfied with the approval

And full of the blessing of Jehovah.

Take possession of the west and south.”

24 Of Ashʹer he said:+

“Blessed with sons is Ashʹer.

May he be favored by his brothers,

And may he dip* his feet in oil.

25 Iron and copper are your gate locks,+

And you will be secure all your days.*

26 There is none like the true God+ of Jeshʹu·run,+

Who rides through heaven to help you

And who rides upon the clouds in his majesty.+

27 God is a refuge from ancient times,+

His everlasting arms are beneath you.+

And he will drive away the enemy from before you,+

And he will say, ‘Annihilate them!’+

28 Israel will reside in security,

And the fountain of Jacob will be secluded

In a land of grain and new wine,+

Whose skies will drip with dew.+

29 Happy you are, O Israel!+

Who is there like you,+

A people enjoying salvation in Jehovah,+

Your protective shield+

And your majestic sword?

Your enemies will cringe before you,+

And you will tread on their backs.”*

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