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Moses commanded with the Law,
    an inheritance for the community of Jacob.
The Lord[a] was king of Jeshurun[b]
    when the leaders of the people—
        all the tribes of Israel—gathered together.”

Reuben

“May Reuben live and not die,
    though his numbers are few.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:5 The Heb. lacks The Lord
  2. Deuteronomy 33:5 I.e. a poetic term for national Israel; the Heb. name means Upright One

the law that Moses gave us,(A)
    the possession of the assembly of Jacob.(B)
He was king(C) over Jeshurun[a](D)
    when the leaders of the people assembled,
    along with the tribes of Israel.

“Let Reuben live and not die,
    nor[b] his people be few.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:5 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel; also in verse 26.
  2. Deuteronomy 33:6 Or but let