KJV King James Version
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
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Deuteronomy 33:5
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
WEB World English Bible
He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
ASV American Standard Version
And he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel!
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few.
7 And 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.
8 And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim and thy Urim [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
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Deuteronomy 32:15But 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 17:6In those days [there was] no king in Israel, [but] every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.Exodus 18:19Hearken 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:Genesis 36:31And these [are] the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.Exodus 18:16When 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.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?Numbers 23:21He 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.Judges 8:22Then 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.Judges 9:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I [am] your bone and your flesh.
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