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Deuteronomy 33:3
Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the assembly of Jacob following a theophany at Sinai, Seir, and Paran. He pronounces blessing over the people as they prepare to receive the law.
The words — חֹבֵ֣ב (ḥōḇēḇ) translates as "loving," and תֻּכּ֣וּ (tukkû) means "they were led." These terms anchor the verse in divine choice and guided submission.
The thread — The theme of divine love and chosen holiness appears in Deuteronomy 7:6 and Malachi 1:2, while the posture of receiving instruction echoes Luke 10:39.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of God's sovereign guidance and attentive reception of His words. Readers must align themselves as the holy ones positioned to obey.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Luke 10:39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
- Deuteronomy 7:6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
- Malachi 1:2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
- Luke 8:35 So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
- Acts 22:3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
- Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
- Ephesians 2:4 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- 1 Peter 1:5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Exodus 19:5 Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.