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Deut.|33:1|-|And this is the |1|blessing with which Moses, the |a|man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death.
Deut.|33:2|-|And he said,Jehovah came from |a|Sinai,
And He dawned upon them from Seir;He shined forth from Mount Paran,
And He approached from the |b|myriads of holy ones;From His right hand a fiery |c|law went out to them.
Deut.|33:3|-|Indeed, He |a|loves the people.All His |b|saints were in Your hand,
And they sat down at Your |c|feet;Everyone receives of Your words.
Deut.|33:4|-||a|Moses commanded us a law,A possession of the congregation of Jacob.
Deut.|33:5|-|And He was King in |a|Jeshurun,When the heads of the people gathered themselves,
The tribes of Israel together.
Deut.|33:6|-||a|May |1|Reuben live and not die,Nor his men be few.
Deut.|33:7|-|And this is the blessing concerning Judah; and he said,Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah,
And |1|bring him to his people.With his hands he contended for them;
And may You be a help against his |2|adversaries.
Deut.|33:8|-|And concerning Levi he said,May Your Thummim and |a|Urim be with |1|Your faithful man,
Whom You tested at Massah,With whom You contended at the waters of |b|Meribah—
Deut.|33:9|-|He who said of his |a|father and mother,I do not |1|regard him;
And his |b|brothers he did not acknowledge,And his children he did not recognize;
For they have kept Your speakingAnd have guarded Your |c|covenant.
Deut.|33:10|-|They shall show Jacob Your ordinances,And Israel Your law;
They shall put |a|incense before Your nostrilsAnd whole burnt offerings upon Your altar.
Deut.|33:11|-|Bless, O Jehovah, his |1|might,And the work of his hands accept;
Wound thoroughly the loins of those who rise up against himAnd of those who hate him, that they may not rise up again.
Deut.|33:12|-|Concerning Benjamin he said,The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell securely beside Him;
Jehovah shall cover over him all the day,And He shall |a|dwell between his shoulders.
Deut.|33:13|-|And concerning Joseph he said,May his land be |a|blessed of Jehovah
With the choicest things of heaven, with the |b|dewAnd with the deep waters that couch beneath;
Deut.|33:14|-|With the choicest of the crops of the sun,And with the choicest of the yield of the |1|moons;
Deut.|33:15|-|With the top of the ancient |a|mountains,And with the choicest things of the eternal hills;
Deut.|33:16|-|With the choicest things of the earth, and the fullness thereof,And the favor of Him who dwelt in the |a|thornbush.
May they come upon the head of Joseph,And upon the top of the head of him who is separated among his brothers.
Deut.|33:17|-|Like his firstborn ox, he has majesty;And his horns are the |a|horns of the wild ox;
With them he shall drive peoplesTo the ends of the earth together.
Those are the ten thousands of |1|Ephraim;And those the thousands of |1|Manasseh.
Deut.|33:18|-|And concerning Zebulun he said,Rejoice, Zebulun, for your |1|going forth,
And Issachar, for your tents!
Deut.|33:19|-|They shall call peoples to the |a|mountain;There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;
For they shall suck the abundance of the seasAnd the hidden treasures of the sand.
Deut.|33:20|-|And concerning Gad he said,Blessed be He who enlarges Gad.
He dwells as a lioness,And tears off the arm, yea, even the top of the head.
Deut.|33:21|-|And he provided the |a|first part for himself,For there the portion of a |1|lawgiver is reserved;
And he came with the heads of the people;He executed the righteousness of Jehovah
And His judgments with Israel.
Deut.|33:22|-|And concerning Dan he said,Dan is a lion’s whelp
That leaps forth from |a|Bashan.
Deut.|33:23|-|And concerning Naphtali he said,O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
And full of the blessing of Jehovah:Possess the |a|sea and the south.
Deut.|33:24|-|And concerning Asher he said,Blessed be Asher above the sons.
May he be the one favored of his brothers,And the one dipping his foot in |1|oil.
Deut.|33:25|-|Your doorbolts shall be iron and copper;And as your days are, so shall your strength be.
Deut.|33:26|-|There is no one like the God of |a|Jeshurun,Who |b|rides through the heavens as your help
And in His majesty through the skies.
Deut.|33:27|-|The God of old is your |1a|habitation,And underneath are eternal arms.
And He drove out the enemy before youAnd said, Destroy!
Deut.|33:28|-|So Israel dwelt securely,The fountain of Jacob in solitude,
On a land of grain and new wine;And the heavens over him drop their dew.
Deut.|33:29|-|Happy are you, O Israel; who is |a|like you?A people |b|saved by Jehovah,
The shield of your |c|helpAnd He who is the sword of your majesty!
So your enemies shall come cringing to you,And you shall tread upon their high places.
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