Deuteronomy 33

Deuteronomy 33:5-25

King in Jeshurum] Moses King in Ieshurum, in Blessing the twelve Tribes, doth omit Simeon, if we accompt him not included in Iudah, as his Lot in the division of Canaan fell within the Lot and Tribe of Iudah; and their expeditions against their enemies in conquering their own shares were joynt, and undertaken together, Iosh. XVIII. and XIX. Iudg. I 3.

Deuteronomy 33:12

Dwell between his shoulders] That is, In Ierusalem. For though the Southerne, and Superior part of Ierusalem, where Mount Sion was, and which was called the City of David, did belong to the Tribe of Iudah; yet the Northerne, and inferior part of it, where Mount Moriah was, whereon the Temple was built, belonged to the Tribe of Benjamin. The huge deep valley of Mello between the two Mountains, being filled up and levelled by Solomon; so that thence afterward, Sion, and Moriah, might be called two tops of one Mountain, Sion the higher top, and Moriah the lower.