en_tn_lite_do_not_use/deu/33/05.md

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General Information:

Moses continues to bless the tribes of Israel, which he began to do in Deuteronomy 33:2. The blessings are short poems. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

General Information:

Verse 5 is difficult to understand.

there was a king

"Yahweh became king"

Jeshurun

This is another name for Israel. Translated as in Deuteronomy 32:15.

Let Reuben live

This begins Moses' blessings to the individual tribes of Israel.

but may his men be few

Other possible meanings are 1) "and may his men not be few" or 2) "even though his men are few."