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A Majestic Revelation
Commentators explain that this verse uses powerful, poetic imagery—like a sunrise spreading across mountains (Sinai, Seir, Paran)—to describe God's magnificent arrival. This was not a quiet event, but a grand display of divine glory meant to inspire awe and reverence for the law and the covenant He was establishing with His people.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 33:2
18th Century
Theologian
By “Seir” is understood the mountain-land of the Edomites, and by “Mount Paran” the range that forms the northern boundary of the desert of Sinai (…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 33:2
19th Century
Bishop
“And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai,
And dawned upon them from Seir;
He shone forth from Mount Paran.
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Charles Spurgeon
On Deuteronomy 33:2–3
19th Century
Preacher
Yea, he loved the people; God's appearance on Sinai was a sign of his love to them, even though it amazed them and distressed many of them…
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John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 33:2
16th Century
Theologian
And he said, The Lord came from Sinai.305 In these words he reminds them that he is setting before them a confirmation of the c…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 33:2
17th Century
Pastor
And he said
What follows, of which, in some things, he was an eye and ear witness, and in others was inspired by the Spirit of…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 33:1–5
17th Century
Minister
To all his precepts, warnings, and prophecies, Moses added a solemn blessing. He begins with a description of the glorious appearances of God in gi…