And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:1]
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.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:2]
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:3]
Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:4]
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:5]
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:6]
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:7]
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
[DEUTERONOMY 33:8]
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:9]
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:10]
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:11]
And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:12]
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,
[DEUTERONOMY 33:13]
And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
[DEUTERONOMY 33:14]
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
[DEUTERONOMY 33:15]
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:16]
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:17]
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:18]
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:19]
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:20]
And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:21]
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:22]
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:23]
And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:24]
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:25]
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:26]
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:27]
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:28]
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
[DEUTERONOMY 33:29]
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