Deuteronomy 33
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| 1 | And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. |
| 2 | And he said: The LORD came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And He came from the myriads holy, At His right hand was a fiery law unto them. |
| 3 | Yea, He loveth the peoples, All His holy ones—they are in Thy hand; And they sit down at Thy feet, Receiving of Thy words. |
| 4 | Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. |
| 5 | And there was a king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together. |
| 6 | Let Reuben live, and not die In that his men become few. |
| 7 | And this for Judah, and he said: Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, And bring him in unto his people; His hands shall contend for him, And Thou shalt be a help against his adversaries. |
| 8 | And of Levi he said: Thy Thummim and Thy Urim be with Thy holy one, Whom Thou didst prove at Massah, With whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; |
| 9 | Who said of his father, and of his mother: ‘I have not seen him’; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children; For they have observed Thy word, And keep Thy covenant. |
| 10 | They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, And Israel Thy law; They shall put incense before Thee, And whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar. . |
| 11 | Bless, LORD, his substance, And accept the work of his hands; Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again. |
| 12 | Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him; He covereth him all the day, And He dwelleth between his shoulders. |
| 13 | And of Joseph he said: Blessed of the LORD be his land; For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath, |
| 14 | And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, And for the precious things of the yield of the moons, |
| 15 | And for the tops of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills, |
| 16 | And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, And the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush; Let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, And upon the crown of the head of him that is prince among his brethren. |
| 17 | His firstling bullock, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; With them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh. |
| 18 | And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, And, Issachar, in thy tents. |
| 19 | They shall call peoples unto the mountain; There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness; For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand. |
| 20 | And of Gad he said: Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad; He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head. |
| 21 | And he chose a first part for himself, For there a portion of a ruler was reserved; And there came the heads of the people, He executed the righteousness of the LORD, And His ordinances with Israel. . |
| 22 | And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan. |
| 23 | And of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, And full with the blessing of the LORD: Possess thou the sea and the south. |
| 24 | And of Asher he said: Blessed be Asher above sons; Let him be the favoured of his brethren, And let him dip his foot in oil. |
| 25 | Iron and brass shall be thy bars; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be. |
| 26 | There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, And in His excellency on the skies. |
| 27 | The eternal God is a dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said: ‘Destroy.’ |
| 28 | And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of corn and wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew. |
| 29 | Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? A people saved by the LORD, The shield of thy help, And that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places. |