Lee
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Post by Lee on Jun 2, 2014 0:57:28 GMT
Interesting that Benjamin was given Jerusalem. Wonder if that is what is meant by Moses blessing:
Deu 33:12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
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Post by gsmithb on Jun 2, 2014 4:05:55 GMT
It sure sounds like when Christ will reign from Jerusalem.
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Post by jwolfe on Jun 4, 2014 2:04:30 GMT
it is a unusual saying dwell between his shoulders, I dont know what it means
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Post by gsmithb on Jun 4, 2014 3:19:17 GMT
JFB Commentary says; 'A distinguishing favor was conferred on this tribe in having it's portion assigned near the temple of God.
(between his shoulders) that is, on his sides or borders. Mount Zion, on which stood the city of Jerusalem belonged to Judah; but Mount Moriah, the site of the sacred edifice, lay in the confines of Benjamin.
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Post by Lee on Jun 4, 2014 3:28:19 GMT
Although Joseph was at first the favourite son of Jacob, it seems that when he was presumed dead, favour was transferred to Benjamin. The tribe is described by Moses as the beloved of the Lord, by whom it would dwell in safety. The place where the tribe dwelt was small, justifying the expression of the Psalmist “There is little Benjamin”. The tribe’s territory was between that of the great tribes of Ephraim in the north and Judah in the south. It included Mizpah, where Saul was presented as king; Gibeon, where the tabernacle was stationed for a time; and Bethel, where God twice appeared to Jacob. In the days of Jeroboam, however, Bethel became a centre of calf-worship. Jerusalem was on the border line between Benjamin and Judah, and Jewish writers say that the temple was in Benjamin and its courts in Judah. In this case Mount Moriah would belong to Benjamin. The Benjamites increased during the wilderness period from 35,400 to 45,600.
Moses affirmed that the Divine protection would cover Benjamin all the day long and that God would dwell between his shoulders. The latter expression is taken to mean that Yahweh would have His dwelling place among them, shoulders representing the mountains round about Jerusalem. The reference to the dwelling place may be to the temple in Jerusalem or to the sanctuary at Bethel. Bendor Samuel suggests a beautiful parallel from Isaiah:
“And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for upon all the glory shall be a defence (or covering).”
The word translated “covering” or “defence” is related to the word translated “cover” in Deut. 33:12.
C. W. Slemming points out that the mother in Palestine rests and carries her child in a cradle made of goats’ hair which she is able to sling over her head so that, with a band round her forehead, the baby is resting in its cradle between her shoulders, being suspended from her head. Her large veil, worn as a headdress, is pulled over the cradle to help to keep out both the sun and flies off the child. With the child in this safe place no harm will befall it. The thought behind the verse is, therefore, one of devotion. Mother and child are always together.
. Vol. 104: The Christadelphian: Volume 104. 2001 (electronic ed.) (161). Birmingham: Christadelphian Magazine & Publishing Association.
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