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Deuteronomy 33:6
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4 aMoses1 commanded a law for us,
bA heritage of the congregation of Jacob. 
5 And He was aKing in bJeshurun,
When the leaders of the people were gathered,
All the tribes of Israel together. 
6 “Let aReuben live, and not die,
Nor let his men be few.”  
7 And this he said of aJudah:
“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,
And bring him to his people;
bLet his hands be sufficient for him,
And may You be ca help against his enemies.”  
8 And of aLevi he said:
b“Let Your1 Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one,
cWhom You tested at Massah,
And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah, 
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Deuteronomy 33:6

Let Reuben live - Though Reuben deserve to be cut off or greatly diminished and obscured, according to Jacob's prediction, Genesis 49:4, yet God will spare them and give them a name and portion among the tribes of Israel, and bless them with increase of their numbers. All the ancient paraphrasts refer this to the other world, so far were they from expecting temporal blessings only. Let Reuben live in life eternal, says Onkelos, and not die the second death. Let Reuben live in this world, so Jonathan and the Jerusalem Targum, and not die that death which the wicked die in the world to come.


 
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