1And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.2And he said: The LORD came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon them; he shone forth from Mount Paran and came from myriads of holiness; from his right hand came a fiery law for them.3He also loves the peoples; all his holy ones are in your hand, and they followed your steps; they receive instruction from your words.4Moses commanded us a law, a possession of the assembly of Jacob.5And there was a king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people gathered together, the tribes of Israel in unity.6Let Reuben live and not die, and let his men be numbered.7And this pertains to Judah, and he said: Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; let his hands contend for him, and be a helper against his enemies.8And of Levi he said: Your Thummim and your Urim belong to the man of your favor, whom you tested at Massah and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.9He who says of his father and his mother, I have not seen him, and does not acknowledge his brothers, and does not know his own sons, for they kept your word and guarded your covenant.10They teach your ordinances to Jacob and your law to Israel; they place incense before you and whole offerings upon your altar.11Bless, O LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; shatter the loins of those who rise against him, and let those who hate him rise no more.12Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD dwells in safety by him; he shields him all the day long, and he dwells between his shoulders.13And of Joseph he said: Blessed by the LORD is his land, with the choicest gifts of heaven above, with dew, and with the deep that crouches beneath.14And with the choicest produce of the sun and with the choicest yield of the months.15And with the finest things of the ancient mountains and with the choicest gifts of the everlasting hills.16And with the choicest gifts of the earth and its fullness, and the favor of the one who dwelt in the bush; these come upon the head of Joseph and upon the crown of his brothers.17The firstborn of his herd has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he gores the peoples to the ends of the earth; they are the myriads of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.18And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar in your tents.19They call peoples to the mountain; there they offer right sacrifices, for they draw from the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.20And of Gad he said: Blessed is he who enlarges Gad; he dwells like a lion and tears both arm and scalp.21He saw that the first portion was his, for there the portion was reserved; and he came with the heads of the people; he executed the righteousness of the LORD and his judgments for Israel.22And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's cub that leaps from Bashan.23And of Naphtali he said: Naphtali is sated with favor and full of the blessing of the LORD; he possesses the sea and the south.24And of Asher he said: Blessed above sons is Asher; let him be favored by his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.25Your bars are iron and bronze, and as your days, so is your strength.26There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, and through the skies in his majesty.27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; he drove out the enemy before you and said, Destroy.28So Israel dwells in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of grain and wine; yes, his heavens drop down dew.29Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their high places.