Deuteronomy 33:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Of Gad he said, A blessing be on him who makes wide the limits of Gad: he takes his rest like a she-lion, taking for himself the arm and the crown of the head.

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  • Gen 49:19 : 19 Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.
  • Josh 13:8 : 8 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites have been given their heritage, which Moses gave them, on the east side of Jordan, as Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave them;
  • Josh 13:10 : 10 And all the towns of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, to the limits of the children of Ammon;
  • Josh 13:24-28 : 24 And Moses gave their heritage to the tribe of Gad by their families. 25 And their limit was Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer before Rabbah; 26 And from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the edge of Debir; 27 And in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, having Jordan for its limit, to the end of the sea of Chinnereth on the east side of Jordan. 28 This is the heritage of the children of Gad by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places
  • 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.
  • 1 Chr 5:18-21 : 18 There were forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty of the sons of Reuben and of the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, all strong men, expert in the use of the body-cover, the sword, and the bow, and in the art of war, all able to take up arms. 19 And they went to war against the Hagarites, with Jetur and Naphish and Nodab. 20 And they were helped against them, so that the Hagarites, and those with them, were given into their power. For they sent up prayers to God in the fight, and he gave ear to them, because they put their faith in him. 21 And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.
  • 1 Chr 12:8-9 : 8 And some of the Gadites, siding with David, went to his strong place in the waste land, great and strong men, trained for war, expert in the use of arms, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were quick-footed like roes on the mountains; 9 Ezer their chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. 14 These Gadites were captains of the army; the least of them was captain over a hundred men, and the greatest over a thousand.
  • 1 Chr 12:37-38 : 37 From the other side of Jordan, there were a hundred and twenty thousand of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every sort of instrument of war. 38 All these men of war, expert in ordering the fight, came to Hebron with the full purpose of making David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were united in their desire to make David king.
  • Ps 18:19 : 19 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.
  • Ps 18:36 : 36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.
  • Mic 5:8 : 8 Your hand is lifted up against those who are against you, and all your haters will be cut off.
  • Gen 9:26-27 : 26 And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant. 27 May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

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  • Gen 49:19
    76%

    19 Gad, an army will come against him, but he will come down on them in their flight.

  • 1 Chr 12:8
    73%

    8 And some of the Gadites, siding with David, went to his strong place in the waste land, great and strong men, trained for war, expert in the use of arms, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were quick-footed like roes on the mountains;

  • Deut 33:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21 He kept for himself the first part, for his was the ruler's right: he put in force the righteousness of the Lord, and his decisions for Israel.

    22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion, springing out from Bashan.

    23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, made glad with grace and full of the blessing of the Lord: the sea and its fishes will be his.

  • Num 24:9
    72%

    9 He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

  • Ezek 48:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27 And on the limit of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side: Gad one part.

    28 And on the limit of Gad, on the south side and to the south of it, the limit will be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the stream, to the Great Sea.

  • Gen 30:11
    70%

    11 And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.

  • Deut 33:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11 Let your blessing, O Lord, be on his substance, may the work of his hands be pleasing to you: may those who take up arms against him and all who have hate for him, be wounded through the heart, never to be lifted up again.

    12 And of Benjamin he said, Benjamin is the loved one of the Lord, he will be kept safe at all times; he will be covered by the Most High, resting between his arms.

  • Num 23:24
    68%

    24 See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

  • Deut 33:7
    68%

    7 And this is the blessing of Judah: he said, Give ear, O Lord, to the voice of Judah and make him one with his people: let your hands take up his cause, and be his help against his attackers.

  • Num 2:14
    68%

    14 Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief.

  • Num 32:1
    67%

    1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;

  • Ps 108:8
    67%

    8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

  • Gen 49:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8 To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.

    9 Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

  • Josh 13:28
    67%

    28 This is the heritage of the children of Gad by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places

  • Deut 33:16-19
    4 verses
    67%

    16 The good things of the earth and all its wealth, the good pleasure of him who was seen in the burning tree: may they come on the head of Joseph, on the head of him who was prince among his brothers.

    17 He is a young ox, glory is his; his horns are the horns of the mountain ox, with which all peoples will be wounded, even to the ends of the earth: they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.

    18 And of Zebulun he said, Be glad, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents.

    19 They will send out the word for the people to come to the mountain, taking there the offerings of righteousness: for the store of the seas will be theirs, and the secret wealth of the sand.

  • Num 1:24-25
    2 verses
    66%

    24 The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

    25 Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.

  • Ps 60:7
    66%

    7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

  • Josh 13:24
    66%

    24 And Moses gave their heritage to the tribe of Gad by their families.

  • Mic 5:8
    66%

    8 Your hand is lifted up against those who are against you, and all your haters will be cut off.

  • Num 1:14
    66%

    14 From Gad, Eliasaph, the son of Reuel;

  • 1 Chr 6:80
    66%

    80 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its outskirts, and Mahanaim with its outskirts,

  • Gen 49:24
    66%

    24 But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:

  • Num 32:29
    66%

    29 And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben go with you over Jordan, every man armed for the fight before the Lord, and all the land is given into your hands, then let them have the land of Gilead for a heritage:

  • 1 Chr 21:9
    66%

    9 Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,

  • 1 Chr 21:19
    66%

    19 And David went up, as Gad had said in the name of the Lord.

  • Jer 49:19
    66%

    19 See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?

  • 1 Chr 5:11
    65%

    11 And the sons of Gad were living opposite to them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

  • Josh 22:33
    65%

    33 And the children of Israel were pleased about this; and they gave praise to God, and had no more thought of going to war against the children of Reuben and the children of Gad for the destruction of their land.

  • Gen 49:27
    65%

    27 Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.

  • Num 32:33-34
    2 verses
    65%

    33 So Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan, all the land with its towns and the country round them.

    34 And the children of Gad were the builders of Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer;

  • 2 Sam 24:18
    65%

    18 And that day Gad came to David and said to him, Go up, and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • Gen 48:20
    65%

    20 So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

  • Job 39:21
    65%

    21 When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

  • Isa 34:17
    65%

    17 And he has given them their heritage, and by his hand it has been measured out to them: it will be theirs for ever, their resting-place from generation to generation.

  • Ps 110:7
    65%

    7 He will take of the stream by the way; so his head will be lifted up.

  • Deut 33:29
    65%

    29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.

  • Ps 17:12
    65%

    12 Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.

  • Ps 68:21
    64%

    21 The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    64%

    4 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 1 Chr 21:11
    64%

    11 So Gad came to David and said to him, The Lord says, Take whichever you will: