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Deuteronomy 33:7

And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
Deuteronomy 33:7 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB This is for Judah. He said, “Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah. Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself. You shall be a help against his adversaries.”
  • BSB And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”
  • NKJV And this he said of Judah: “Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people; Let his hands be sufficient for him, And may You be a help against his enemies.”
  • NASB And this was regarding Judah; so he said: “Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people. With his hands he contended for them, And may You be a help against his adversaries.”
  • NLT Moses said this about the tribe of Judah: “O Lord, hear the cry of Judah and bring them together as a people. Give them strength to defend their cause; help them against their enemies!”

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Quick answer

Moses prays that Judah be heard, brought to his people, and helped against enemies. Judah is blessed with strength and divine assistance in battle.

Overview

Judah would become the leading tribe and the line of kingship, from which David and ultimately the Messiah would come (Gen. 49:10). The prayer for God to be Judah's help against adversaries fits this tribe's prominent, often warlike, role. The blessing points forward to the Lion of Judah, Jesus Christ, who triumphs over every enemy (Rev. 5:5).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 25

  • Gen 49:8–12Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
  • Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
  • Ps 21:8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
  • Rev 19:13–16And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
  • Heb 7:14For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
  • Rev 20:10–15And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
  • 2 Sam 7:9–12And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
  • Ps 146:5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
  • Ps 11:1–7In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
  • Isa 9:17Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Ps 20:2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
  • 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
  • 2 Sam 5:19And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
  • Ps 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
  • 2 Sam 5:1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
  • 2 Chr 17:12–19And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
  • Ps 110:1–2The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
  • Ps 21:1The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
  • 2 Sam 5:24And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
  • 1 Chr 12:22For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
  • 2 Sam 3:1Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
  • Judg 1:1–7Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
  • Mic 5:2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
  • Ps 78:70He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
  • Mal 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Christ at the center

Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).

How Deuteronomy 33:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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