“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 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. 3 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. 4 Moses commanded us a law, [even] the inheritance
of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And he was king 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: let his hands be sufficient for
him; and be thou an help [to him] from his enemies.”
“8 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; 9 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. 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law:
they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine
altar. 11 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.”
“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, 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 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 of the lasting hills, 16 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. 17
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.”
“18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and,
Issachar, in thy tents. 19 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. 20
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. 21 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.”
“22 And of Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from
Bashan. 23 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. 24 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.
25 Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy
strength [be].”
“26 [There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon
the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 27 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]. 28 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 [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 33:1-29 AV)
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