Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Deuteronomy 33:7

“And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.”

Deuteronomy 33:7 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Deuteronomy 33:7, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Deuteronomy 33. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Genesis 49:8Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
  • Psalms 21:8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
  • Psalms 20:2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
  • 2 Samuel 7:9And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the eart…
  • Revelation 19:13And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
  • Psalms 11:1In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
  • Isaiah 9:17Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh foll…
  • Hebrews 7:14For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
  • Revelation 20:10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
  • Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
  • Psalms 146:5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
  • Psalms 78:70He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
  • 2 Samuel 3:1Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

More to meet God in Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 31:6Deuteronomy 31:8Deuteronomy 32:4Deuteronomy 1:17Deuteronomy 33:27Deuteronomy 8:2Deuteronomy 29:20Deuteronomy 27:15Deuteronomy 24:17Deuteronomy 17:20Deuteronomy 10:8Deuteronomy 10:12Deuteronomy 32:6Deuteronomy 32:22

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.