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HoneyLamb56:
KJV
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 
Deu 33:2  And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, and He came with ten thousands of saints: from His right hand went a fiery law for them. 
Deu 33:3  Yea, He loved(NKJV says loves) the people; all His saints are in Thy hand: and they sat down at Thy feet; everyone shall receive of Thy words. 

When Moses delivers his final blessings, it starts off with these verses; are these verses in the past tense? in that the ten thousands of His saints were with Jesus as the cloud hovered over Israel and led them in the wilderness? or were these saints with Him when the commandments were written on the tablet?  Verse 3 sounds like the past tense, i.e. they sat (NKJV says sit) down at Thy feet; but then it seems to switch to present/future, i.e. everyone shall receive (NKJV says receives)?

Diane

Wanda:
Hi Diane,

I've never found a scripture where angels are called saints, so I'm inclined to believe the KJV is a poor translation.

Some other translations.

Concordant translation of Deuteronomy 33

 2 when he said:Yahweh came from Sinai, and He arose from Seir for them. He shone from Mount Paran, and He arrived with some from myriads of the holy ones. At His right are warriors who are His.

NIV translation

“The Lord came from Sinai
    and dawned over them from Seir;
    he shone forth from Mount Paran.
He came with[a] myriads of holy ones
    from the south, from his mountain slopes.

ESV translates Saints as holy ones as well.


Word: YCW

Pronounce: ko'-desh

Strong: H6944

Orig: from 6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:--consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary. H6942

Use: TWOT-1990a Noun Masculine

Angels are also called "holy ones" by the psalmist.

Let the heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD, Your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones . . . In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; He is more awesome than all who surround Him (Psalm 89:5,7).

Musterseed:
Does this help?

Rev. 5:11-12
Then I looked and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice
of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands saying with a loud voice” worth is the Lamb who was slain ,to receive power and wealth,and wisdom and honour and blessing.

1Thes. 3:13
ESV
So that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father
, at the coming of our Lord, Jesus,with all His saints.

2Thes 1:10
and when He comes on that day , to be glorified in His saints and to be marveled at
among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

In Christ Pamela

HoneyLamb56:
Wanda & Pamela, thanks for your responses but I'm still not getting it.  Had God already appeared with a myraid of holy ones or saints etc. to Moses? and was Moses just confirming that God is real and what he saw to the Israelites before giving the blessings?

Wanda:
Okay Diane, maybe this will help.
Keeping this simple, the way  I'm seeing it,
the appearance of those holy ones in such great numbers added to the grandeur and solemnity of Moses giving of the holy law to the people of Israel, This is indicative of the language used throughout scripture, to express the power and glory of God, past and future.  It's something the people were familiar with in relation to God and the scope of his mightiness both in heaven and on earth,

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