Deuteronomio 33:12

Filipino Cebuano Bible

12 Mahitungod kang Benjamin miingon siya: Ang hinigugma ni Jehova magapuyo nga walay kabilinggan sa haduol niya: Iyang pagasalipdan siya sulod sa tibook adlaw, Ug sa taliwala sa iyang mga abaga magapuyo siya.

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The beloved: Deuteronomy 33:27-29, Joshua 18:11-28, Judges 1:21, 1 Kings 12:21, 2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 17:17-19, Psalms 132:14, Isaiah 37:22, Isaiah 37:35

cover him: Psalms 91:4, Isaiah 51:16, Matthew 23:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:19 - Joseph Genesis 46:21 - the sons Genesis 49:27 - ravin Exodus 33:22 - cover thee Leviticus 25:18 - and ye Deuteronomy 12:10 - ye dwell Psalms 25:13 - His soul Psalms 108:6 - That thy Jeremiah 33:16 - shall dwell Romans 1:7 - beloved 2 Thessalonians 2:13 - beloved

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[And] of Benjamin he said,.... The tribe of Benjamin, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; which is taken notice of next to Levi, because, as the priesthood was in the tribe of Levi, the temple in which the priests officiated was in the tribe of Benjamin, or near it; and is observed next but one to Judah, and before his elder brother Joseph, because his tribe lay between Judah and Joseph, Joshua 18:11; and Levi having no inheritance in the land:

the beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; this is commonly understood of the tribe of Benjamin, beloved by the Lord, as the head of the tribe was by his father Jacob; the first king of Israel being of that tribe, and the temple built in it, or on the edge of it, and its land the most fat and fertile of the land of Canaan, as Josephus m observes; and may be said to "dwell by him", the Lord, because the tabernacle of the Lord was so near that tribe, and so to dwell "in safety" under his protection, and which was the means of preserving it from apostasy, when ten tribes revolted: though the Messiah may be intended, the Son of God, and man of God's right hand, the antitype of Benjamin, the beloved of the Lord, and dear son of his love; his Benjamin, who is now in human nature exalted at his right hand: and this may denote his inhabitation in the flesh, and dwelling by or near Benjamin, being born at Bethlehem in the tribe of Judah, bordering on Benjamin, and frequently had his abode in Jerusalem, which was in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:28; and where he was in safety amidst his enemies, they not having power to lay hold on him until his hour was come:

[and the Lord] shall cover him all the day long; for ever, as Jarchi notes, because that, after Jerusalem was chosen, the divine Majesty dwelt in no other place: this may be understood either of the Messiah covering Benjamin and protecting him, as he is the covert of all his Benjamites and beloved ones, from all their enemies, from all evils and dangers, from all storms and tempests, and everything troublesome and distressing, see Isaiah 32:2; or the Lord's covering his beloved One the Messiah; as he did in his infancy, from the designs of Herod upon his life, and from the attempts of others before his time was come; he hid him in the shadow of his hand, Isaiah 49:2;

and he shall dwell between his shoulders; either the Lord shall dwell between the shoulders of Benjamin; the temple in which the Lord dwelt was built on Mount Moriah, in the tribe of Benjamin, in the highest part of his land, as Jarchi notes; the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase the words,

"in his border the Shechinah (or the glory of the Shechinah of the Lord) shall dwell,''

for if the temple was not within the tribe of Benjamin, yet it was certainly on the borders of it: or Benjamin shall dwell between the shoulders of the Lord, being bore up and supported by him: Christ dwells in the hearts of his people, and over them as an head, and they dwell upon his shoulders, on which the care and government of them lies, Isaiah 9:6; in the Talmud n this passage is applied to the days of the Messiah.

m Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 22. n T. Bab. Zebachim, fol. 118. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He shall dwell between his shoulders - i. e., be supported by God as a son who is carried by his father (compare Deuteronomy 1:31). Benjamin was especially beloved of his father Genesis 35:18; Genesis 44:20; Moses now promises no less love to him from God Himself.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 33:12. Of Benjamin - the beloved of the Lord — Alluding to his being particularly beloved of his father Jacob, Genesis 49:27, c.

Shall dwell in safety by him — That is, by the Lord, whose temple, which is considered as his dwelling-place, was in the tribe of Benjamin, for a part of Jerusalem belonged to this tribe.

Shall cover him all the day — Be his continual protector and he shall dwell between his shoulders - within his coasts, or in his chief city, viz., Jerusalem, where the temple of God was built, on his mountains Zion and Moriah, here poetically termed his shoulders.

Some object to our translation of the Hebrew ידיד yedid by the term beloved, and think the original should be divided as it is in the Samaritan, יד יד yad yad, the hand, even the hand of the Lord shall dwell for safety or protection, עליו alaiv, upon him. This makes a good sense, and the reader may choose.