Deuteronomy 33:5 · KJV
“And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people {and} the tribes of Israel were gathered together.”
— Deuteronomy 33:5
Moses commanded us a law, {even} the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let {not} his men be few.
Deuteronomy 33 — Context
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints {are} in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; {every one} shall receive of thy words.
4Moses commanded us a law, {even} the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
5And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people {and} the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let {not} his men be few.
7And 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.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered {with fatness}; then he forsook God {which} made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Judges 17:6
In those days {there was} no king in Israel, {but} every man did {that which was} right in his own eyes.
Genesis 36:31
And these {are} the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Numbers 16:13-15
{Is it} a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
Judges 8:22
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
Exodus 18:16
When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make {them} know the statutes of God, and his laws. {one...: Heb. a man and his fellow}
Exodus 18:19
Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
Numbers 23:21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God {is} with him, and the shout of a king {is} among them.