Chapter 33
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And this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the sons of Israel before his death.
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And he said, “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon them; he appeared from Mount Paran, and he came with myriads of holy ones from his right side—fire of legal instruction for them.”
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Indeed, he loved the peoples. All his holy ones are in your hand. They prostrated themselves at your feet; he bears your words.
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Moses commanded the Torah for us, an inheritance of the assembly of Jacob.
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And he was king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people gathered the tribes of Israel together.
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May Reuben live and not die, and may his men remain numerous.
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And this for Judah, and he said: "Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; his hand is abundant for him, and be help to him from his enemies."
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And to Levi he said: "Support and make shine upon the man, your faithful one, whom you tested at Massah; you disputed with him over the waters of Meribah."
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He said to his father and to his mother, "I have not seen him." He did not acknowledge his brothers, and he did not know his sons, for they have kept your word and they will keep your covenant.
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They will teach your judgments to Jacob and your Torah to Israel. They will put incense before you and a whole burnt offering on your altar.
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May the LORD bless his might, and may you accept the work of his hands; may you crush the loins of his risers and his haters—they will not rise.
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To Benjamin he said: "The beloved of the LORD dwells in security beside him; he hovers over him all the day, and between his shoulders he dwells."
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And to Joseph he said: The blessing of the LORD—his land from the choice portion of the heavens, from dew and from the deep lying beneath.
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and from the excellence of the produce of the sun, and from the excellence of the increase of the moons.
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and from the head of the mountains of the east and from the splendor of the hills of eternity
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and from the excellence of the land and its fullness, and the favor of the Dweller in the Bush—its produce upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazirite of his brothers.
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The firstborn of his bull—majesty is his, and the horns of a wild ox are his horns; with them he gores the peoples together to the ends of the earth, and they are the myriads of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
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And to Zebulun he said: "Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar in your tents."
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Peoples, the mountain—they will call its name; they will sacrifice sacrifices of righteousness, for the abundance of seas they will suck; and treasures hidden in sand.
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And to Gad he said: Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad. Like a lion he dwells and tears the arm, even the crown of the head.
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And he saw primacy for himself, for there the portion of the lawgiver is hidden. And he came at the head with the righteousness of the LORD he made, and his justice with Israel.
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And to Dan he said: "Dan is a lion's cub; he leaps from Bashan."
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And to Naphtali he said: "Naphtali, satisfied with favor and full of the LORD's blessing—possess sea and south."
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And to Asher he said: "Blessed among sons, he will be favored by his brothers, and he will dip his foot in oil."
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Iron and bronze shall be your sandals, and as your days, so shall your strength be.
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There is none like God, Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to help you, and in his majesty on the clouds.
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The dwelling of the God of old, and underneath are arms of eternity, and he will drive out the enemy from before you and he will say destruction.
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Israel dwells securely alone. The eye of Jacob is toward a land of grain and new wine; even his skies drip dew.
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Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved in the LORD, a shield of your might and a sword of your exaltation? And your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread upon their high places.