Deuteronomy 33:4
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
KJV
Legem præcepit nobis Moyses, hæreditatem multitudinis Jacob.
Vulgate
νόμον ὃν ἐνετείλατο ὑμῖν Μωυσῆς, κληρονομίαν συναγωγαῖς Ἰακώβ.
LXX
Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
ASV
תּוֹרָ֥ה צִוָּה לָ֖/נוּ מֹשֶׁ֑ה מוֹרָשָׁ֖ה קְהִלַּ֥ת יַעֲקֹֽב
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 221×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
מוֹרָשָׁ֖ה
mvrshh
noun · 9×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
קְהִלַּ֥ת
qhlt
noun · 2×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Philo presents Moses as the ideal philosopher-king, surpassing all Greek models. Moses was called by God to lead not through force but through virtue. He is the lawgiver par excellence because his laws derive not from human reason alone but from direct divine revelation, making the Torah the constitution of the universe itself.
Cross-references
- Acts 7:38 — This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
- John 1:17 — For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- John 1:17 — For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
- John 7:19 — Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
- John 7:19 — Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
- Ps 119:111 — Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
- Ps 119:111 — Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.