Deuteronomy 33

Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel

Now this is ^athe blessing with which Moses ^bthe man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said:

^a“The Lord came from Sinai,

And dawned on them from ^bSeir;

He shone forth from ^cMount Paran,

And He came with ^dten thousands of saints;

From His right hand

Came a fiery law for them.

Yes, ^aHe loves the people;

^bAll His saints are in Your hand;

They ^csit down at Your feet;

Everyone ^dreceives Your words.

^aMoses ¹commanded a law for us,

^bA heritage of the congregation of Jacob.

And He was ^aKing in ^bJeshurun,

When the leaders of the people were gathered,

All the tribes of Israel together.

“Let ^aReuben live, and not die,

Nor let his men be few.”

7 And this he said of ^aJudah:

“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,

And bring him to his people;

^bLet his hands be sufficient for him,

And may You be ^ca help against his enemies.”

8 And of ^aLevi he said:

^b“Let Your ¹Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one,

^cWhom You tested at Massah,

And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

^aWho says of his father and mother,

‘I have not ^bseen them’;

^cNor did he acknowledge his brothers,

Or know his own children;

For ^dthey have observed Your word

And kept Your covenant.

^aThey shall teach Jacob Your judgments,

And Israel Your law.

They shall put incense before You,

^bAnd a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.

Bless his substance, Lord,

And ^aaccept the work of his hands;

Strike the loins of those who rise against him,

And of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

12 Of Benjamin he said:

“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,

Who shelters him all the day long;

And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”

13 And of Joseph he said:

^a“Blessed of the Lord is his land,

With the precious things of heaven, with the ^bdew,

And the deep lying beneath,

With the precious fruits of the sun,

With the precious produce of the months,

With the best things of ^athe ancient mountains,

With the precious things ^bof the everlasting hills,

With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,

And the favor of ^aHim who dwelt in the bush.

Let the blessing come ^b‘on the head of Joseph,

And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.’

His glory is like a ^afirstborn bull,

And his horns like the ^bhorns of the wild ox;

Together with them

^cHe shall push the peoples

To the ends of the earth;

^dThey are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

18 And of Zebulun he said:

^a“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,

And Issachar in your tents!

They shall ^acall the peoples to the mountain;

There ^bthey shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;

For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas

And of treasures hidden in the sand.”

20 And of Gad he said:

“Blessed is he who ^aenlarges Gad;

He dwells as a lion,

And tears the arm and the crown of his head.

^aHe provided the first part for himself,

Because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there.

^bHe came with the heads of the people;

He administered the justice of the Lord,

And His judgments with Israel.”

22 And of Dan he said:

“Dan is a lion’s whelp;

^aHe shall leap from Bashan.”

23 And of Naphtali he said:

“O Naphtali, ^asatisfied with favor,

And full of the blessing of the Lord,

^bPossess the west and the south.”

24 And of Asher he said:

^a“Asher is most blessed of sons;

Let him be favored by his brothers,

And let him ^bdip his foot in oil.

Your sandals shall be ^airon and bronze;

As your days, so shall your strength be.

“There is ^ano one like the God of ^bJeshurun,

^cWho rides the heavens to help you,

And in His excellency on the clouds.

The eternal God is your ^arefuge,

And underneath are the everlasting arms;

^bHe will thrust out the enemy from before you,

And will say, ‘Destroy!’

Then ^aIsrael shall dwell in safety,

^bThe fountain of Jacob ^calone,

In a land of grain and new wine;

His ^dheavens shall also drop dew.

^aHappy are you, O Israel!

^bWho is like you, a people saved by the Lord,

^cThe shield of your help

And the sword of your majesty!

Your enemies ^dshall submit to you,

And ^eyou shall tread down their ¹high places.”

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