KJV 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.
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Deuteronomy 33:2
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
He said, “Yahweh came from Sinai, And rose from Seir to them. He shone forth from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 33
1 And this [is] the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
2 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.
3 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.
4 Moses commanded us a law, [even] the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
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וַיֹּאמַ֗רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֞הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDמִסִּינַ֥יH5514 · si.naySinaiבָּא֙H935 · boto come (in): comeוְזָרַ֤חH2224 · za.rachto riseמִשֵּׂעִיר֙H8165 · se.irSeirלָ֔מוֹH9038 · hemthemהוֹפִ֙יעַ֙H3313 · ya.pahto shineמֵהַ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountפָּארָ֔ןH6290 · pa.ranParanוְאָתָ֖הH857 · a.tahto comeמֵרִבְבֹ֣תH7233 · re.va.vahmyriadקֹ֑דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessמִֽימִינ֕וֹH3225 · ya.minrightאֵ֥שׁדָּ֖תH784 · eshfireלָֽמוֹ׃H9038 · hemthem
Cross-references
Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.Jude 1:14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,Revelation 5:11And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;Psalm 68:17The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].Judges 5:4-5LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.Acts 7:53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it].Psalm 68:7-8O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:Hebrews 2:2For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;Exodus 19:18-20And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.Daniel 7:9-10I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne [was like] the fiery flame, [and] his wheels [as] burning fire.2 Corinthians 3:7But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away:2 Thessalonians 1:7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,Galatians 3:19Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.2 Corinthians 3:9For if the ministration of condemnation [be] glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.Hebrews 12:20(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:Deuteronomy 5:22These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
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