Deuteronomy 33
1 This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before he died.
2 He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir; he shone from Mount Paran and came from among tens of thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
3 Yes, he loves the peoples; all his holy ones are in your hand. They bowed at your feet and receive your words.
4 Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
5 There was a king in Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
6 May Reuben live and not die, and may his men be numbered.”
7 And this is for Judah. He said: “Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people. With his own hands he fights for himself; be his help against his adversaries.”
8 About Levi he said: “Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful man, whom you tested at Massah and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
9 He said of his father and mother, ‘I did not see them.’ He did not acknowledge his brothers or recognize his own children, for they kept your word and guarded your covenant.
10 They teach your ordinances to Jacob and your law to Israel; they set incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
11 Bless, LORD, his strength, and accept the work of his hands. Strike the loins of those who rise against him and of those who hate him, so they may never rise again.”
12 About Benjamin he said: “The one loved by the LORD will dwell safely beside him; he shelters him all day long, and he dwells between his shoulders.”
13 About Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by the LORD, with the best of heaven, with dew, and with the deep lying below.
14 With the best fruits of the sun and the finest produce of each month.
15 With the best of the ancient mountains and the finest of the everlasting hills.”
16 “With the best of the earth and all that fills it, and with the favor of the one who dwelt in the bush. May all this come upon Joseph’s head, upon the crown of the head of the one set apart among his brothers.
17 His firstborn bull has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he will gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth. They are the tens of thousands of Ephraim, and the thousands of Manasseh.”
18 About Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, when you go out, and you, Issachar, in your tents.
19 They will call the peoples to the mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they will draw on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
20 About Gad he said: “Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad! He lives like a lioness and tears off an arm, even the crown of the head.
21 He chose the best for himself, for there the portion reserved for the lawgiver was kept. He came with the leaders of the people and carried out the LORD’s justice and his ordinances for Israel.”
22 About Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping from Bashan.”
23 About Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is filled with favor and full of the LORD’s blessing; take possession of the sea and the south.”
24 About Asher he said: “May Asher be blessed above the sons; may he be favored by his brothers and dip his foot in oil.
25 May his bars be iron and bronze, and may his strength last as long as his days.”
26 There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to help you, and the clouds in his majesty.
27 The God of ancient times is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drove the enemy out before you and said, “Destroy!”
28 Israel dwelt in safety, Jacob’s spring alone, in a land of grain and new wine. His heavens drip with dew.
29 Happy are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help and the sword of your majesty? Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will trample on their heights.
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