Deuteronomy 33

And ^athis is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. ² And he said, ^bThe LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ^cten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. ³ Yea, ^fhe loved the people; ^eall his saints are in thy hand: and they ^dsat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. ^{4 g}Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. ⁵ And he was ^hking in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

⁶ Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. ⁷ And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: ⁱlet his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. ⁸ And of Levi he said, ^jLet 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; ⁹ Who said unto his ^kfather and to his mother, I have not seen him; ^lneither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for ^mthey have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. ¹⁰ They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, ⁿand whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. ¹¹ Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept ^othe 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.

¹² 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. ¹³ And of Joseph he said, ^pBlessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for ^qthe dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, ¹⁴ And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, ¹⁵ And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things ^rof the lasting hills, ¹⁶ And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of ^shim 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. ¹⁷ His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them ^the 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.

¹⁸ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. ¹⁹ They shall ^ucall the people unto the mountain; there ^vthey shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. ²⁰ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that ^wenlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. ²¹ And ^yhe provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and ^xhe came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

²² And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: ^zhe shall leap from Bashan. ²³ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: ^apossess thou the west and the south. ²⁴ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him ^bdip his foot in oil. ²⁵ Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

²⁶ There is ^cnone like unto the God of Jeshurun, ^dwho rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. ²⁷ The eternal God is thy ^erefuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. ^{28 f}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. ²⁹ Happy ^gart thou, O Israel: ^hwho 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 34