Deuteronomy 33:2 “He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He sh…”

Deuteronomy 33:2

He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

World English Bible

He said, “The LORD came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. He shone from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

American Standard Version

And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord came from Sinai, and rose vp from Seir vnto them, and appeared clearely from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of Saints, and at his right hand a firie Lawe for them.

Darby Translation

And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose up from Seir unto them; He shone forth from mount Paran, And he came from the myriads of the sanctuary; From his right hand [went forth] a law of fire for them.

Young's Literal Translation

and he saith: — 'Jehovah from Sinai hath come, And hath risen from Seir for them; He hath shone from mount Paran, And hath come [with] myriads of holy ones; At His right hand [are] springs for them.

Bible in Basic English

He said, The Lord came from Sinai, dawning on them from Seir; shining out from Mount Paran, coming from Meribath Kadesh: from his right hand went flames of fire: his wrath made waste the peoples.

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Cross references

“came from Sinai”

Habakkuk 3:3 Exodus 19:18–20 Judges 5:4 Judges 5:5

Habakkuk 3:3 · BSB

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.

Exodus 19:18–20 · BSB

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

Judges 5:4 · BSB

O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

Judges 5:5 · BSB

The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.

“ten thousands”

Jude 1:14 Revelation 5:11 Psalm 68:17 Acts 7:53 Hebrews 2:2 Galatians 3:19

Jude 1:14 · BSB

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

Revelation 5:11 · BSB

Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

Psalm 68:17 · BSB

The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.

Acts 7:53 · BSB

you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

Hebrews 2:2 · BSB

For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

Galatians 3:19 · BSB

Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

“a fiery law”

2 Corinthians 3:7 2 Corinthians 3:9 Galatians 3:10 Hebrews 12:20 Deuteronomy 5:22

2 Corinthians 3:7 · BSB

Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

2 Corinthians 3:9 · BSB

For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

Galatians 3:10 · BSB

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Hebrews 12:20 · BSB

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

Deuteronomy 5:22 · BSB

The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them t…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

3Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—

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